Tatsuya - after a long time

Went with the boss to Tatsuya.  The folks there were wondering why I have not been there for such a long time.  Of course cannot tell them that I have been visiting the brother's restaurant - Hinoki.  The two brothers somehow don't seem to be on speaking terms.  But that does not bother me.  It's the food that counts ;-)
It seems that the folks have new set of uniforms and definitely looked smarter than before.  Looks like they have a new junior chef - junior cos he was doing bento sets!
The quality of food is still as good as ever.  It's better than Hinoki but the bill also hurts a lot more.

 we started with snail .....

 and mini tofu

 followed closely by some excellent sashimi...

 and then grilled toro

steamed mochi with ginko nut and lotus root inside

 japanese trout - it was small but full of flavour

 aburi-style toro

 yummy Hokkaido prawn - look at the texture!

 among the cooked stuff, I love this the best - toro soup.  They don't do soup refill ;-(

 Japanese scallop

 uni sushi

 this aburi-style kobe beef was a tad too smooth for me

 and still had some space for cold noodles