Amazing SushiSamba

I booked SushiSamba on short notice last week for our engagement anniversary.. trying to book a popular place like this with a only a few days notice is not easy and the only slot they had available was 3pm which i happily took.
I have been to the Heron Tower before - to Duck & Waffle which is a floor above SushiSamba (38th floor). The view is still spectacular and the lift is just as scary (all glass.. brrrrr).
We arrived a bit early so had a drink in the bar and inspected the view.. for being quite late for a lunch it was surprisingly busy in both the bar and the restaurant.
We sat down for our meal and got chatting to our very charming waiter who happily talked us through the menu before taking the very hard decisions about what to have. Everything is meant for sharing and we picked lots of smaller dishes rather than having the "main" plates. EVERYTHING on the menu looks amazing and it was very hard to not order too much!

So, we started with the Kanpachi Tiradito (Sashimi). Thin slices of Kanpachi fish marinated in Yuzu, Black truffle and seasalt.. fresh, clean and absolutely amazing.

We then had the 2 kinds of Taquitos: the Yellowtail with roasted corn and avocado and the Wagyu beef with avocado and shichimi mayo, both were good but we agreed that the yellowtail was the better out of the two (noted for next time). In the pictre below you can see the yellowtail taquito top left and wagyu top right and the Kanpachi in the front.

We then had the Wagyu Gyoza with kabocha puree (a kind of squash). They were perfectly cooked and it really worked with the squash!

Next came the Rock Shrimp -crisp and full of flavour with a pea and peashoot salad and black truffle dressing.. not a single pea managed to escape we chased them all down with our chop sticks!

Next came our dishes from the Robata/grill menu:
Chilean Seabass in miso.. dare i say - better than Nobu/Roka etc? YUM and the Fillet steak - perfectly cooked and oh so tender.. with this we had the Asparagus with sweet soy and sesame.

Lastly we had some of the famous SushiSamba rolls. We went for the special roll of the day which had Crab and prawn inside.. Stunning! The textures and flavours were second to none.. and also the Wagyu  te amo rolls which had wagyu beef, quail egg, garlic chips, pear soy.. also good but the crab/prawn one won hands down.

I could not eat any more but hubby went for the Chocolate banana cake which i did try and it was lovely. Dark chocolate, banana, maple syrup and rum ice cream....

I am already planning to come back here again.. i LOVED the food and ambiance.. my new favorite place i think!