Morimoto

We made reservations as Morimoto in Philadelphia as a night out for my birthday. We were impressed with the service from the staff and the delicious food.

The evening began with a fried wonton skin topped with a sweet sauce and a small shrimp. We also ordered two tamago, the egg omelet sushi rolls.

For dinner, we ordered the Morimoto Surf and Turf and the Duck, Duck, Duck platter.

The surf and turf dish is Kobe beef, which I asked for medium well and had a nice crust on the outside and incredibly tender on the inside. It is also served with "hamachi ribbons," which is a raw fish dish mixed with avocado, tomatoes, and soy sauce. The fish is so meaty and the avocado salad and soy sauce mixes so well with the fish that I completely didn't realize that I was eating raw fish for a while.

The Duck, Duck, Duck platter is a duck breast along side duck fried rice, which is topped with a poached duck egg on top. Once you break the egg into the duck fried rice, it makes it a creamy, decadent dish that is at the same time creamy and delicious and thick and overwhelming.

For dessert, we ordered the Green Tea Dulce de Leche cake with red bean paste. The cake had a very strong taste of green tea and was sweet and moist. The red bean paste was sweet and a nice compliment to the cake itself.