Oishii
Nine Zero hotel
This year we decided to stay in Boston so Brent could partake of the libations without worrying about driving. We stayed at Nine Zero, a boutique hotel right off the Boston Common and next door to the Omni Parker House. It was a beautiful hotel, and we had a corner room on the 15th floor so the views were fantastic!
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| View from our room at Nine Zero |
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| Nighttime view |
Our dinner reservations were at 7:30 so we got a taxi at 7pm. We had a perfect view from the hotel to watch the fireworks from first night, except that there going off while we were in the taxi. We will need to plan better next time!
It was our first time dining at Oishii. We started with drinks of course, Shisojito for Brent and a Lychee Martini for me.
For appetizers we ordered Salmon on Fire and Ishiyaki (Wagyu Beef on a hot rock)...
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| Salmon on fire |
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| Ishiyaki |
...we ordered a few things from the raw menu: Kumamoto Oysters, o-toro sushi, wild king salmon sashimi, snow crab sushi and Unagi sushi.
...and two maki rolls: Rock Shrimp Explosion and the Crispy Salmon which ended up being much larger than we expected!
Overall the quality of the fish was fantastic and we really enjoyed the food. I still think I prefer O-ya for teh overall atmosphere and experience. Brent commented that Oishii is more traditional sushi compared to O-ya and I would agree. I think I like the innovation a bit more at O-ya.
We were informed that Tom Brady and Giselle were dining in a private room while we were there. Turns out Tom is friends with the owner and they dine there several times a year.
We were stuffed, but we still managed to fit dessert! Molten chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream and Yubari ice melon, which was a really nice light dessert. It was like melon flavored shaved ice in the shape of a melon and the rind was made of white chocolate. The molten cake was a little too molten.
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