Ninnikuya

for many years now, i've always wanted to try this restaurant. love garlic! i wasn't as happy as i thought i would be. garlic didn't seem too overpowering, just right. it was good, but nothing i would write home about. service was actually good and everything came out at just the right time. we started off with a cocktail. i had a blueberry martini which was very delish! our first dish was the garlic caesar salad. like a good normal caesar except it had pieces of salami and sliced boiled eggs, which gave it a good flavor combination. the croûtons were slightly soggy and i like mine to be a little more crispier. then we had the escargot. i expected it to be in a butter garlic sauce, but instead was in a creamy garlic butter sauce. i felt it was a little too rich. however, we did score a couple extra pieces as a couple of holes had 2 escargot. next we got the foie gras. this was probably one of the better dishes. 2 big chunks melted in your mouth like buttah. it was in a port red wine reduction sauce placed on baguettes with fresh fruit. yes it sounds a little odd, but it was actually very good. arteries are now super clogged! maybe more of a drizzled sauce would've been enough. next we had the filet mignon on a sizzling platter. it came whole and pretty raw then it was sliced by the server and cooked more to your liking on the hot plate. it was accompanied by garlic mash and vegetables. the filet was okay, i've had much better and they lathered on soooo much garlic butter! arteries are waay clogged now. last we had the garlic rice. i was quite surprised to see that it was like the korean purple rice. it was actually pretty good because they sprinkle sea salt so you're crunching down on salt grains. yum! now i have high blood pressure. we didn't have room for dessert, way too full. all in all it was just a mediocre restaurant. it's not somewhere i would go back to. just a good try. 3 stars. cheers!!