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I recently celebrated my 18 month anniversary with my girlfriend, and I decided to take her to a Japanese restaurant in the Washington DC area called Makoto. My girlfriend is from Japan and loves Japanese food, but I hadn’t yet found a place that offered really authentic Japanese cuisine in DC. I had heard about Makoto from a friend, who said that it was a great experience with great food. So, I decided to make reservations so that I could try it out when my girlfriend was in town. We had both been to the sushi restaurant located above Makoto, but had never gotten the time to venture below and try it out.

We walked into the restaurant and were greeted by a friendly Japanese woman who began speaking to us in Japanese. She asked us to take off our shoes and offered us slippers to use. She took us to our table and showed us the menus. All the while, the various staff members called out “Irasshaimase”, which means “Welcome” in Japanese. Though the menu featured quite pricey items, it was well worth it. My girlfriend and I each opted for the chef’s tasting menu which included about 8-10 smaller courses of authentic Japanese food. The first dish was a seafood soup (with mussels and clams) served in a real conch seashell, the presentation of which was amazing. We were then served a refreshing salad, with cherry tomatoes, avocado, greens and a small cracker and a house dressing (I believe it was a ginger based dressing). We then moved on to our sashimi course, which was raw fatty tuna (very very delicious creamy part of the tuna). Afterwards, we were served a seafood course including squid, eel, and clams, served with wasabi mayo sauce. Afterwards, we had a green bean soup with slightly cooked salmon. Then, we were served three pieces of very delicious sushi (yellowtail, salmon, and tuna). Afterwards, we had grilled fish (I had salmon and my girlfriend had a fish called Saba, though I’m not quite sure what that means in English). After the salmon, we had Japanese soba which was very delicious and refreshing. We ended the night with Yuzu (sort of like a lime) sorbet, which ended the night perfectly.

Along with the delicious food, the Makoto servers were very polite, helpful, and gracious. They took their jobs very seriously and would wipe the smallest drop of soup or drink from our table as if they would be fired had they not!

Certainly, the meal was quite expensive, but like I said, it was very worth the money spent. My girlfriend was very impressed, which is hard to do because she is from Japan.

I urge you all to try it out! It’ll make your tummy happy.

4822 MacArthur Blvd. NW

Washington, DC 20007

Phone: 202-298-6866

Happy Eating,

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