My sister and I arrived at Shiso Tree Cafe located in J-Town at around 6:30 pm. The restaurant was pretty quite but it started to filled up very quickly. I love the environment there because it was bright, quiet and modern. All these combined makes you want to stay there comfortably and enjoy yourself for the rest of the night.
Both of us ordered one of the Shiso pasta served with Shiso Tree Salad and Garlic Bread. We didn't go for the set meal for an additional $8 that comes with soup and a slice of Japanese-style cake as well. However, we regretted it when we saw the soup served to the table next to us. I am not sure what kind of soup it was but it just simply looked delicious. The Shiso Tree Salad was served with mixed greens, cucumbers, carrots and miso-based vinaigrette. The salad was awesome because it was cold enough so it seemed fresh; however, some of the veges at the bottom didn't physically look fresh to me.
The pasta that I opted for was the Shrimp Okonomiyaki pasta served with shrimps and bacon bites. The sauce cooked with it is different than the tomato or the cream sauce that we always get from Italian restaurants. It was simply amazing!
My sister ordered the Shoyu and Mushrooms pasta that was cooked with Japanese soy based sauce and served with enoki, king oyster and shimeji mushrooms. The sauce used for this pasta was a lot more mild compared to the sauce for my pasta. Taste buds certainly calmed themselves when I took a little bit of this to try but it tasted absolutely great.
The dinner was excellent at Shiso Tree Cafe. I will certainly come back again since the food is unique and it is close to my home. The pasta was cooked just right and the thickness of the pasta matches the dish amazingly well. To.live.my.life grants a rating of 8/10 to Shiso Tree Cafe. Next time I will try their fries for sure because I came home and read some very good reviews about them!
