http://www.drunkenfish.com/
When you come to St. Louis and you stay right across the street from the Gateway Arch, where else would you eat but right across from the Arch park in Laclede’s Landing; right on the riverfront. It is very nice to see the old cobblestone roads and walk right up to the (flooded) river. We wanted some good seafood and decided to risk it with a Japanese restaurant called the Drunken Fish. Was this a right decision! A very eclectic place with a sushi bar, of course.
We started off with a their special Sticky Fries. These are Japanese sweet potatoes, hand cut, caramelized with pure sugar and coated in black sesame seeds. I love sweet potatoes but these are more like a mix of a new potato and russet potato; more light yellow than dark orange. What a great little start; some of the best (healthy) fries I have ever had.
We then got our (unexpected) pre-entrée soup and salad. The soup was called Miso which is a mixture of soybean broth, tufu, seaweed and scallions. Doesn’t sound like my cup of tea but this was very good; very clean and fresh and definitely cleared the pallete. The salad did not look good at all; basic iceberg lettuce with house-made ginger dressing. This surprised me as the ginger was very sweet and complimented the lettuce very well. I loved this salad.
Then the main course came. My travel companion had the Teriyaki Salmon; could not tell how good it was as he eat the whole thing; I think he even licked the plate. I had the special of Sesame Tuna Steak. These were thinly sliced tuna strips crusted with sesame, seared and served with soba noodles, shiitake mushrooms and coated with wasabi-sesame sauce. Wow, this was very good. Just a little wasabi for taste but not hot and the sesame crusted tuna strips were great.
Not to be outdone, we then split a Fried Banana. This was a banana spring roll that is fried and covered with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce. The banana was stuffed with a touch of liqueur in a normal spring roll wrap. This just topped off the whole meal; glad we split.
Great overall meal from start to finish. Great service and great location/atmosphere. I would recommend this place to anyone. Wished my bride was here to enjoy.
Rating: 9.90
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