Saturday night decided I was not much in the mood for cooking so me and my boyfriend were deciding on what restaurant to go out to eat to. We remembered we had a 50$ gift certificate, from restaurant.com, for Thom Thom and decided why not try to get reservations. On opentable the reservation choices were small, 615 or 845, so we tried to call and see if it would be different. We were told the same openings but than after getting off the phone, a 715 became available on opentable and decided it must be a sign. So we made the reservations and ventured off for dinner.
Upon arriving, the dining room was pretty bright, something I was not use to when dining here previously. We were seated right away in the back corner, nice to be away from the main crowd. There were enough people eating but the restaurant was not really packed out at all. We had in mind a sushi dinner, as Thom Thom is a steak, seafood sushi restaurant, and decided to stick to our plan. The one main comment about the food is that the sushi choices are limited but this is not a restaurant one would go to if they are having a sushi crave (try nissen in woodbury or kiku in massapequa).
Our waiter came to the table promptly, asking if we would like to order drinks/needed any suggestions. We were torn between two bottles of pinot noir and our waiter was extremely helpful, being that he worked in a wine distributor for a number of years. We went with the Sean Minor Carneros pinot and than continued to look at the menu. Our waiter brought our wine out pretty quick which was nice to just relax and have a drink before really looking at the menu. One thing to note, as our waiter even told us, they are not looking to rush you in this restaurant at all so you are free to sit back, relax and take your time ordering, something we definitely took advantage of.
The wine was delicious, very cherry taste to it with no harsh tannins at all, a very nice smooth finish. It was a great recommendation and nice to see a restaurant with a knowledgable waitstaff. With the wine came out a bread basket except here, they are little garlic pita triangles, soft and very warm, with a platter of butter, hummus and a cucumber mayo. I love the hummus and was happy to munch on that while looking at the menu. We decided to order one appetizer before looking at anything else, and went with the Ahi Tuna Tartar, the appetizer we like to order at seafood restaurants to test the quality since either it is going to be incredible or horrible, depending on the freshness. After a few minutes the tartar came, with avocado, yuzu and tobiko. The tuna was so fresh and the avocado had a really fresh taste to it, and the sauce that was surrounding the molding was delicious. That was a really great first impression to our dinner date.
With a limited choice in rolls, we decided to order two, one speciality and one classic. The specialty was the rainbow naruto roll, which had tuna, salmon, white tuna, kani kami, avocado, thinly sliced cucumber and mustard soy. We also ordered the bbq eel. When our rolls came out, I was surprised to see the specialty roll was wrapped in the cucumber, not seaweed something different and interesting. My boyfriend got an order of spicy mayo too. The speciality roll was very good, very fresh seafood but it was served a little too cold temperature for me. I did like the variation using the cucumber instead of seaweed it was a nice surprise. The bbq eel roll was just as the other roll, fresh but served a bit too cold. But this is not a sushi restaurant so I knew it was not going to be out of this world.
Finishing off our bottle of wine we both wanted a little something else but decided to go with dessert instead of another roll just because the sushi was decent but not amazing. We ordered the chocolate purse which was a dark chocolate shell with one scoop of vanilla ice cream, one scoop of chocolate ice cream, one scoop of raspberry sorbet with a chocolate drizzle and whipped cream and caramel sauce on the side. Also we ordered a bottle of hana awaka, a sparkling, floral and fruity sake. As our dessert came out it looks great, towered very high with everything. Taking the first bite, everything was delicious. My favorite part was the raspberry sorbet, it was so smooth and refreshing. The sake was very good, this being my first sparkling sake. I think the dessert was a very pleasant ending to our night out.
Overall I would definitely recommend Thom Thom, the tuna tartar appetizer was great, but I would not order sushi. I have had seafood here before and the cooked seafood dinners are excellent, much more worth it. Next time I will stick to exploring the seafood dishes (and definitely would always recommend taking advantage of their great price fix menu!)
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