Izakaya Nijumaru Restaurant

Assorted sashimi set.

The sashimi is fresh. The salmon and yellowtail must have been one of the better tasting sashimi I had for some time.

This dish is only so so.

Tasted plain but its fresh.

You'd think an individual pork belly dish in a well-reviewed Japanese restaurant would blow your mind. It wasn't that tender and quite ordinary.

Yes, what were the odds we ordered leek not knowing tori already had leek? Meat was inconsistent - some pieces were fantastic while some tasted cheap. Leek was juicy although you'd wonder why it's chao tar.

Mixed means salmon, mentaiko, ume and nori. The plum is very strong so beware. But overall the broth and rice combo was excellent.

Noodle was fine. Tempura clearly wasn't the work of a master. And they include potato tempura, which is quite rare.