So my mother is on a business trip in Philadelphia and went to have dinner at the uber-famed Morimoto restaurant. As we all know and assume, it is largely pan-Asian/fusion cuisine, as Morimoto likes to cater to the "diversity of New York" (why he opened this in Philadelphia, I have no idea). There was the Korean dish bibimbap served with no red chili paste but instead with some shoyu base, spring rolls of some kind, but the most outrageous (although not surprising) part for me is the fact that apparently they charge PER PIECE of sashimi, which comes out to about $35 for a 5-piece order. Sure it comes in a nice pretty shape, and he has the resources to get quality ingredients, but for that price you are much better off at Urosawa in my opinion (and I haven't even been there yet), and even my mother (who LOVES popular trends and fushion food) admitted that it is a place you only need to go once, obviously for the celebrity novelty of it, but not the second time.

I remember the hype when it opened up where the waiting list for a table was apparently 6 months in advance and Morimoto had purchased $10,000 worth of toro for the opening. I've never been a particular fan of Morimoto, and my mother agreed with me that the majority of his dishes seem rather a hit or miss, but hey, the business world is an interesting one indeed.

According to my mom Morimoto is in the process of opening another restaurant in New York.