Milwaukee, WI – January 27, 2012
Friday night and in no mood to cook…so what to do? A quick flip through the entertainment book and viola, there it was, a coupon for Kiku. Kiku is a Japanese restaurant in the heart of downtown Milwaukee and was voted Best Sushi in The Shepard Express reader’s poll for two years running. Not a sushi fan? No worries, they also have a complete tempura, teriyaki and noodle menu as well.
As usual, Gwen and I had a cocktail before our dinner. I tried the TyKu Tini (at least it wasn’t called a martini – I can live with that!). It was pretty basic, consisting of Ketel One Citroen and TyKu. Mostly TyKu at that. I enjoy TyKu, having created a number of cocktails that use it. This was a bit on the bland side. It tasted like TyKu (which is fine) with a dash of lemon. I would have liked a third flavor component as well (sake? a bit of ginger? lychee fruit?). However, it did make an agreeable compliment to the sushi we had for dinner – which was very generous in portions and very good.
I definitely recommend Kiku, the sushi and the cocktails. Give ’em a try!
Cheers!
