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Bresca
Watermelon Gazpacho: A lovely beginning to the meal. 

Hamachi Crudo: Light, delicious, and very fresh. The hamachi certainly could’ve been cut thinner and served colder, and the dish as a whole needed some acidity, but overall not a bad dish. 

Duck: The sauce was quite nice, however, the duck was very tough, the fat wasn’t fully rendered, and it was underseasoned. The sides were pretty useless. 

Chocolate Cloud: This was easily one of the best desserts I’ve ever had. Absolutely breathtaking! The chocolate, hazelnut, amaretto, and banana notes were perfect with each other and the dish had tons of different textures. 

Ômo by Jônt
Amuse-Bouche: Besides the bottom left bite which was too salty, all were solid starting bites to the meal. 

Tuna: This was the only dish of the night I didn’t love. The different cuts of tuna were served at a very strange, slightly warm temperature, the tomato sauce was very watery, and the tartlet was too buttery and sweet. 

Scallop: This scallop dish was quite lovely. The scallop mousse inside the mushrooms which you dipped in the sunchoke sauce tasted great. The meaty scallop was smoked over an open fire and were cooked perfectly. The mushroom-black garlic sauce was also a good pairing. 

Nanatsuohoshi Rice: The rice was cooked in a donabe with vegetables, spices/herbs, black truffle, and shredded Dungeness crab. This dish was pretty incredible with amazing richness, depth, and flavor, however, I did find a non-trivially sized piece of crab shell. I actually much preferred this rice dish to the one at Jônt. 

Wagyu Beef Short Rib: I don’t love wagyu, but this dish was pretty great. The matsutake-potato “line” was great and so was the buckwheat tea-beef stock consommé. The beef jus could’ve had more flavor though. 

Orange: A great palate cleanser. White chocolate one-biter with a powerful fresh citrus liquid inside that explodes in your mouth. The orange “taco” with orange cream was also nice. 

Pear: An absolutely incredible dessert. One of the best I’ve had all year! The pear entremet tasted great with tons of different textures and it went great with the pear ice cream and apple cider sauce. 

Japanese Melon: I didn’t really get the hype. It tasted worse than the vast majority of regular melons I’ve had. 

Chocolate: A layered cookie with different preparations of chocolate that tasted great. 

Magic Box: A solid assortment of mignardises to end the night. Much better than the Magic Box at Jônt.

Jônt
I’m too tired (and lazy) to go through every course, but to be honest, doing so would be unnecessary. Besides the amuse-bouche, which were incredible, every dish was extremely mid. Every dish had something that made it either unenjoyable or middling at best. Every sauce was flavorless, very strange and improperly prepared accompaniments to certain dishes, overcooked pork, etc. The desserts were all flavorless and it was quite a pitiful dessert sequence relative to where Jônt wants to be. I’ve had several restaurants gives more mignardises than Jônt gave sweet bites in total. Overall an extremely disappointing experience. 

Prices
Jônt: $375
Ômo by Jônt: $195
Bresca: $88 (à la carte)

My Ratings
Ômo by Jônt: 1*
Bresca: 0*
Jônt: 0*

The rice had a certain stickiness that was very unusual for shari, and had no discernable taste of vinegar. 2-3 nigiri pieces weren’t formed properly, and the rice fell apart when I picked them up. Several pieces throughout the omakase certainly had too much wasabi (and I’m someone who likes wasabi), not great knifework, ⅓ of the pieces were blowtorched, and very basic/safe choices of fish. The uni piece did taste incredible, however the tamago was far from the greatest. Overall I wouldn’t give either branch a star or recommend them. In NYC/NJ, there are several places that I’d say are better for the same price or cheaper, like Noz 17, Yasuda, DOMODOMO, Ryujin, Ai Sushi, etc. 

Price
Sushi Nakazawa NYC: $150 lunch omakase 

My Rating: 0*

All pictures are from the DC branch, however both their menus were practically exactly the same. The following review fully applies to both locations. 

The rice had a certain stickiness that was very unusual for shari, and had no discernable taste of vinegar. 2-3 nigiri pieces weren’t formed properly, and the rice fell apart when I picked them up. Several pieces throughout the omakase certainly had too much wasabi (and I’m someone who likes wasabi), not great knifework, ⅓ of the pieces were blowtorched, and very basic/safe choices of fish. The uni piece did taste incredible, however the tamago was far from the greatest. Overall I wouldn’t give either branch a star or recommend them. In NYC/NJ, there are several places that I’d say are better for the same price or cheaper, like Noz 17, Yasuda, DOMODOMO, Ryujin, Ai Sushi, etc. 

Price
Sushi Nakazawa NYC: $190 dinner omakase 
Sushi Nakazawa DC: $150 lunch omakase 

My Rating: 0*

All pictures are from the DC branch, however both their menus were practically exactly the same. The following review fully applies to both locations. 

The rice had a certain stickiness that was very unusual for shari, and had no discernable taste of vinegar. 2-3 nigiri pieces weren’t formed properly, and the rice fell apart when I picked them up. Several pieces throughout the omakase certainly had too much wasabi (and I’m someone who likes wasabi), not great knifework, ⅓ of the pieces were blowtorched, and very basic/safe choices of fish. The uni piece did taste incredible, however the tamago was far from the greatest. Overall I wouldn’t give either branch a star or recommend them. In NYC/NJ, there are several places that I’d say are better for the same price or cheaper, like Noz 17, Yasuda, DOMODOMO, Ryujin, Ai Sushi, etc. 

Price
Sushi Nakazawa NYC: $190 dinner omakase 
Sushi Nakazawa DC: $150 lunch omakase 

My Rating: 0*

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1. Uovo Raviolo Di Nino Bergese (brown butter, morels & tartufo nero): Probably the best dish I had, and a signature of Rezdôra. All the cheeses, mushroom, truffle, and sauces blended together beautifully.

2. Modenese Vacationing in Rome: There was nothing from Modena in this dish. Quite literally a plate of pasta carbonara, and a bang average one at that.

3. Carne E Uova (steak and eggs, modenese style with "insalata di rucola"): The steak was perfectly cooked and the egg side was great, along with the salad. Overall a pretty tasty dish.

4. Millefoglie al Cioccolato (cherry, chocolate & nepitella): The worst course of the night. The only word that comes to mind to describe this dish is flavorless.

IMO, Rezdôra isn’t a bad restaurant and the prices are hardly terrible, but Michelin is being quite generous giving them a star.

1. Uovo Raviolo Di Nino Bergese (brown butter, morels & tartufo nero): Probably the best dish I had, and a signature of Rezdôra. All the cheeses, mushroom, truffle, and sauces blended together beautifully.

2. Modenese Vacationing in Rome: There was nothing from Modena in this dish. Quite literally a plate of pasta carbonara, and a bang average one at that.

3. Carne E Uova (steak and eggs, modenese style with "insalata di rucola"): The steak was perfectly cooked and the egg side was great, along with the salad. Overall a pretty tasty dish.

4. Millefoglie al Cioccolato (cherry, chocolate & nepitella): The worst course of the night. The only word that comes to mind to describe this dish is flavorless.

IMO, Rezdôra isn’t a bad restaurant and the prices are hardly terrible, but Michelin is being quite generous giving them a star.