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Fin Sushi and Sake Bar

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Posted by: Marilyn Bethany
Posted on: Monday, April 07, 2008

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Fin is an exquisite little Japanese lacquered box inscrutably sprinkled with action figures, Pokemon dolls, and plastic wind-up toys.  These artifacts of Japanese pop culture set a certain tone--young, maybe even hip, though the bubble-gummy music suggests otherwise.  Nobody loves Japanese food because it’s inventive: traditional fare--miso soup, sushi, sashimi, tempura--only surprises us when it’s bad.  Blameless seems to be the goal--fresh, high-quality ingredients, properly handled.  But the chefs at Fin seem more ambitious than most.  Miso soup can taste like salt water; here it’s so flavorful you almost suspect them of slipping in a little rich chicken stock (just joshing).  Crunchy spicy tuna ($8) and lobster rolls ($13) make you sit up and take notice, as do the cool lettuce cups with chicken and lo mein noodles ($10).  But okonomiyaki ($12), a decoratively sauced pancake-like disk, cut into wedges, looks more interesting than it tastes, and the soggy tempura combo ($23) was that evening’s big surprise.

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