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This was also our first introduction to Nagoya service, which still has quite a few problems to be worked out. We were seated in the very back room of the restaurant though there were plenty of tables in the main part of the restaurant which had flat screen TVs to keep track of the college basketball tournaments. We asked to sit in the main area and despite the the hostesses displeased looks we managed to relocate to a large table in the main area.
Our server arrived to take our drink order and I was in the mood for a Japanese beer. I waited a few awkward seconds as he stood there in silence and then asked if they had a drink menu and after a moment of hesitation, he said in almost a surprised voice that they did and he would go get one. The moment was actually kind of humorous and I assumed he was fairly new.
We approached the buffet and began at a series of cold Asian salads, including a variety of chilled octopus and squid as well as a large stack of freshly shucked oysters on a bed of ice.
While I love oysters, raw oysters are not an item that I would typically approach on a comparatively low cost buffet. Nonetheless, I gave one a try and it actually tasted quite fresh and tasty. I by-passed the hot offerings of the usual fried suspects and Asian dishes including spare-ribs, sesame chicken, tempura and more. As I neared the sushi line, one item caught my eye which was a lobster roll which reminded me of one my favorite Lobster Dynamite rolls at Kiku.
However, these roll were large, deep fried like an egg roll and filled with mostly fake lobster with what appeared to be a few tiny bits of real lobster along the way. Nonetheless, they were pretty tasty though somewhat greasy. Alas, I arrived at the sushi as chefs were frantically carving up whole salmon and assembling a variety of rolls. There was a nice balance of rolls, sushi and sashimi.
I selected a couple of pieces of rainbow roll, spicy salmon rolls, crunch rolls and something I had never had before, spicy crawfish rolls.
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As for sushi, they had tuna, salmon, white fish, mackerel, shrimp, eel and the egg. Sashimi included red snapper, tuna and salmon. At the end, there was open access to spicy mayo, wasabi and sauces. One constructive criticism I have is it seems there is an excessive overuse of artificial crab meat across their line of sushi rolls which often overwhelms the much smaller quantities of actual fish. All in all, the sushi offerings were fresh tasting and enjoyable. I must admit I was a bit surprised and enjoyed the open access to such a variety. For the price, Nagoya is definitely a good fix for sushi lovers.
At the same time, one cannot expect to have the highest quality you would find at other non-buffet sushi bars.
The dessert bar seemed almost as long as the entree line consisting of fresh fruit, cakes, cheesecakes and other assorted confections. Just have them start with separate bills and everything should be okay. If you go to Nagoya, approach it for what it is… a gigantic Asian buffet extravaganza full of goodness, but not the greatness you would expect to find at a higher end sushi bar, like Kiku, or Asian restaurant, such as Joy Yee Noodles.
As for the service, I hope the owners and management of Nagoya will read this and work on it. Posted in Naperville Restaurants. Tagged asian food , buffet , Japanese , Nagoya , Naperville , rolls , sashimi , seafood , Stuart Meyer , sushi.
The sun was shining today despite the swirling winter winds. It was great to finally reconnect with Downtown Naperville today after having been in Europe for the majority of thus far. A long overdue homecoming indeed. The joy of starting your own business is you move from working most of the time to most days working all the time.
We will give them another chance and I do hope they succeed. After lunch, we headed down to the Naperville Running Company to appropriately buy some new running shoes, perhaps subconsciously believing that we could manifest an early Spring in doing so. What a tremendous approach to small business, passion and service.
If you are a lifelong runner or considering taking up running for the first time… run as fast as you can to Naperville Running Company to get on the right track and make you feel as though you are part of the running community no matter your fitness level. After buying our running shoes, the only natural next stop was a couple of doors down at Gelati of Naperville for a SMALL cup of gelato.
I will admit it was my first visit AND I was consuming gelato in February AND just after spending three-and-a-half weeks in Italy, so I have agreed to return when the warm weather arrives to give them another shot. I will say that Gelati of Naperville is definitely the type of Downtown Naperville business I would love to survive as they are both local and fun Downtown Naperville option. Finally, with shopping on her mind my wife and I parted ways and I headed for my car.
Again, I am ashamed to confess that until today I had not stepped foot into their Downtown location since moving from their obscure former location on 5th Street behind Naperville North High School. Though I had just consumed gelato, my memories of European chocolate were fresh enough in my mind to curiously lead me through their front door. Retail national and international chocolate to the left, chocolate-by-the-piece case to the right and a long bar farther back in the shop for an assortment of indulgent drinks. I browsed around comparing my mental notes of the many chocolate shops I had spent time in Italy, buying gifts of course, and the experience felt very familiar.
I had to at least sample something so I approached the chocolate-by-the-piece case and was warmly greeted.
After sharing some notes on different types of chocolate, I was offered a complimentary piece of their own dark chocolate, which was quite firm but a decadent balance between sweet and bitter richness. This is yet another Downtown Naperville business we must all support as, again, they are local and provide a memorable experience to anyone visiting Downtown Naperville. Posted in Naperville Businesses , Naperville Restaurants. If you were at the White Chocolate Grill on October 21st, it may have looked a bit like Food Network was invading the kitchen.
What is the source of my inside information? Episode one focuses on a refreshing spin on a seasonal favorite, Pumpkin Cheesecake. You can experience episode one below. Simply put, date nights for husbands and wives make us much better moms and dads. Now your first assumption would be that we headed into Downtown Naperville for Last Fling, right? As you may recall, we moved to South Naperville last year and its now easy to understand the geographic divide between North and South given the route and commute times. We headed over about 6: Log in Join Recently viewed Bookings Inbox.
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