Tonight 5 of us dined at Amber on 3rd and 80th. Please be careful with your cocktails, they are STRONG. All of the drinks either had pineapple, tequila, or rum in them. I'll enjoy my rum and coke now and then but the others, no thank you. So I chose my summer drink of choice, Gin and Tonic. I had to ask the waitress to bring me a glass of tonic to water down my drink, I could already feel the drunky feeling sinking in after a half inch was gone.
Appetizers - we got edemame which I don't eat much so I got the beans all over my lap. My friend's dad had to instruct me on the proper eating technique which worked! Pinch the side of the bean and squeeze. Next we enjoyed Steam Veggie Dumplings which were an odd color of green. I'm always skeptical of a food that should not naturally be green. Then we had Vietnamese Shrimp Summer roll which were pretty good. Came with a sauce.
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| Sushi for 2 |
Then the Sushi for 2 came. This is an amateur dish. Palees. I could eat this whole thing, and I did, except two of the rolls. I went straight for my favorite sushi, Eel. I usually like it a little warmed up but this one was smooth and creamy, very easy to eat. My next favorite, Salmon, was pleasant with oversize salmon encompassing the rice underneath.
I have been to many, many sushi places and had good sushi and bad sushi. I would rate this as 3.5 out of 5. Not amazing, but a very enjoyable dining experience. Negative: service was too fast. We had to spread out our ordering because there is no concept of timing in the kitchen as my friend experienced on a previous visit. If I needed a good place to take someone with a quiet back room away from the giant tv over the bar and noise out front, I would go here.
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