Kaygetsu
Al Eisner
Menlo Park, is just open. While I was picking up some lunch at Eric's
Gourmet next door, I stopped in to check out their menu. (Unfortunately,
they didn't have copies to go, so I can't be too specific.) The lunch
plates range from about $12 to $20, with about half at $14; the other
choice is apparently using the sushi bar. At those prices, I'm not
likely to make this a very regular lunch stop. The dinner menu is largely
a la carte, and (like some of the lunch menu) looks quite interesting,
with many items around $10. This is far from your standard Japanese-food-
for Americans place; both the menu and prices are more upscale. Perhaps
most interesting of all are two omakase dinners - a five-course for $45,
and a nine-course for $90.
If Kaygetsu lives up to its menu, this could be a nice addition to
the local restaurant scene. I doubt if much of this is food one would make
at home (but then what do I know?) -- we'll have to get Todd and company
to check it out for us.
--
Al Eisner
San Mateo Co., CA
Todd Michel McComb
Al Eisner <eis...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>I doubt if much of this is food one would make at home (but then
>what do I know?) -- we'll have to get Todd and company to check
>it out for us.
You do make it sound interesting. But I'd like to hear a little
more about what the items on the menu actually are.
With traveling & hiking season upon us, though, I probably won't
try a new place before Fall.
Al Eisner
> In article <Pine.GSO.4.58.04...@flora05.slac.stanford.edu>,
> Al Eisner <eis...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> >I doubt if much of this is food one would make at home (but then
> >what do I know?) -- we'll have to get Todd and company to check
> >it out for us.
>
> You do make it sound interesting. But I'd like to hear a little
> more about what the items on the menu actually are.
Yeah, sorry, I had wanted to do that. Their menus are actually on paper,
inserted into a more formal binder, but unfortunately they didn't have any
to spare. And I don't trust my memory well enough to do this. I looked
on the web, but all I found was the old Sushiya site -- it does include
menus, so I'd guess they'll eventually get around to putting the new ones
somewhere on the web. Next time I pass by I could perhaps take a few
notes (the menus are posted outside).
> With traveling & hiking season upon us, though, I probably won't
> try a new place before Fall.
Do you expect us to believe that?
Todd Michel McComb
OK, well, new and in this area, I should say. We'll only be dining
out in the area a few times until after Labor Day, and the wife &
kids will probably want something familiar. Spring Break, Memorial
Day, Summer Break, etc....
Speaking of familiar, the old Maharaja location on Castro in MV is
indeed boarded up now, and the purported new location/name as Monsoon
in the former Florentine looks nowhere close to opening. I'm still
unclear on why Maharaja would change its name in a move, but a
couple of people have stated this, so I guess it must be true. It
doesn't look like an auspicious transition so far, though.
Steve Fenwick
mcc...@medieval.org (Todd Michel McComb) wrote:
>
> Speaking of familiar, the old Maharaja location on Castro in MV is
> indeed boarded up now, and the purported new location/name as Monsoon
> in the former Florentine looks nowhere close to opening. I'm still
> unclear on why Maharaja would change its name in a move, but a
> couple of people have stated this, so I guess it must be true. It
> doesn't look like an auspicious transition so far, though.
Last I was by there (and paying attention), it looked like the old
Maharaja (which had previously been the old diner) was being gutted and
remodeled. Did they just board it up instead?
What's going on with the former Global Village--any signs of life?
Steve
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steve <at> w0x0f <dot> com
Todd Michel McComb
Steve Fenwick <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>Last I was by there (and paying attention), it looked like the old
>Maharaja (which had previously been the old diner) was being gutted
>and remodeled. Did they just board it up instead?
Oh, I think the boarding is for construction reasons, but it wasn't
clear to me what is going in there.
Maharaja is one of my kids' favorite restaurants, though, so I have
much interest in what happens.
>What's going on with the former Global Village--any signs of life?
It doesn't look that way, but I did see that we're getting a gyros
place in what was Chef Li's. That could be interesting.
Yip Yap
>
> >What's going on with the former Global Village--any signs of life?
If I read the sign in the window correctly, they are coming back
to life as YASP (yet another Sushi place).
-- Yip
Jeffrey Mogul
|> Kaygetsu, Toshi's current enterprise at the Sharon Heights Center in
|> Menlo Park, is just open.
Which reminds me:
Koma is the "under new management" sushi bar where Toshi's used to be.
We've eaten there twice. It is basically the same setup as Toshi's;
similar (not identical) menus, and we recognized at least one of the
sushi chefs from Toshi's days.
They have fewer things on the "specials" menu, and the service,
while friendly, was decidedly less competent (on both our visits)
than it had been under Keiko's watch.
How is the food? Still pretty good. The seaweed salad was exactly
as it was before; the sushi seems pretty much the same quality, too.
I do believe that the salmon-skin roll has gone downhill, though.
-Jeff
ate1
> In article <Pine.GSO.4.58.04...@flora05.slac.stanford.edu>,
> Al Eisner <eis...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> >I doubt if much of this is food one would make at home (but then
> >what do I know?) -- we'll have to get Todd and company to check
> >it out for us.
>
> You do make it sound interesting. But I'd like to hear a little
> more about what the items on the menu actually are.
Todd and others, thought you might be interested in this from an email
that the owners distributed (and I cribbed from chowhound) :
Greetings,
Thank you all for waiting. Our grand opening day is set for Saturday,
April 17th.
For those of you who didn't receive previous e-mail, Kaygetsu will be
very different from Toshi's. We want to concentrate on traditional
Japanese food; so our sushi bar is small with only six seats. Sushi is
mostly served at the sushi bar. We offer ala carte and course menu
(traditional Japanese) at tables. We have 5 course menu for $45, and
nine course menu for $70. There will be 16% service charge instead of
tips. This is done in order to compensate all employees, both front
and back, on equal basis.
We're open Tuesday through Friday for lunch, 11:30 to 2 p.m.; for
dinner Tuesday though Sunday, 5:30 p.m. to closing (last seating at
8:30 p.m.). Please allow 45 minutes to 1 hour for lunch and about 2
hours for dinner. We're located at Sharon Heights Shopping Center, 325
Sharon Park Drive, off Sand Hill Road, at the left corner of the
shopping center near Shell station. For reservations, please call
(650) 234-1084, 11:00 to 2:30, or after 5:00 p.m. Thank you for your
patience; and we hope to see you soon.
Keiko and Toshio Sakuma
Kaygetsu Restaurant
Al Eisner
> mcc...@medieval.org (Todd Michel McComb) wrote in message news:<c5k7hj$fv3$1...@machaut.medieval.org>...
> > In article <Pine.GSO.4.58.04...@flora05.slac.stanford.edu>,
> > Al Eisner <eis...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> > >I doubt if much of this is food one would make at home (but then
> > >what do I know?) -- we'll have to get Todd and company to check
> > >it out for us.
> >
> > You do make it sound interesting. But I'd like to hear a little
> > more about what the items on the menu actually are.
>
> Todd and others, thought you might be interested in this from an email
> that the owners distributed (and I cribbed from chowhound) :
>
> Greetings,
>
> Thank you all for waiting. Our grand opening day is set for Saturday,
> April 17th.
>
> For those of you who didn't receive previous e-mail, Kaygetsu will be
> very different from Toshi's. We want to concentrate on traditional
> Japanese food; so our sushi bar is small with only six seats. Sushi is
> mostly served at the sushi bar. We offer ala carte and course menu
> (traditional Japanese) at tables. We have 5 course menu for $45, and
> nine course menu for $70. There will be 16% service charge instead of
> tips. This is done in order to compensate all employees, both front
> and back, on equal basis.
[etc.]
When I passed by there yesterday I took some notes on the menu. Here's
what the five-course dinner consists of (descriptions paraphrased):
- Saki Zuke (a sampling of appetizers)
- Sashimi (tuna, tai snapper, yellowtail, and/or others)
- Agemono (rice-cracker-coated prawns and seasonal vegetable tempura)
- Tai snapper O-cha zake (rice with clear fish broth, topped with
tai snapper and sesame sauce)
- Sakura mochi (seasonal Japanese dessert and green tea).
I'm not sure how attractive you folks will find this -- I'd probably prefer
something other than tempura in this sort of a dinner, but it could be very
good tempura.
The four additions for the 9-course dinner sound a bit more interesting:
- Suimono (steamed minced shrimp ball, in broth?)
- Yakimono (grilled cod, miso glazed)
- Take awasi (sp? slow-cooked bamboo shoots, asparagus, pumpkin; the
a la carte menu also has a version with duck instead of pumpkin)
- Sesame ice cream.
There are other interesting items on the a la carte menu, but that's as
much as you'll get out of me! I'm likely to try either the five-course or
a la carte some time before long.
This is a kind of odd location for a restaurant of this type, but I hope it
can succeed -- assuming the food is good. (Perhaps they are relying either
on their former clientele or on Japanese business travellers?)