Swordfish Restaurant
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Swordfish
207 N Randall Rd
Batavia, IL 60510 |
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Review posted
01/16/05 |
At the very least,
Swordfish – contemporary sushi – is a feather in Batavia’s
restaurant hat. But that statement is somewhat misleading, since Batavia’s
restaurant hat is, at least at this point, relatively featherless… and the
statement does absolutely no justice to what both Lauren and I believe to be
a simply marvelous sushi dining experience. We have eaten at a total of
seven different sushi venues in 4 different states in the past four years,
and I personally thought that perhaps we had seen some of the best. But I
was very, very wrong.
Let me first state that
Swordfish is very different from any of the other sushi restaurants at which
we have had the pleasure of dining. The slogan that accompanies Swordfish
is “contemporary sushi”, but even that is insufficient to accurately
describe the place. I can perhaps best portray the restaurant as something
of a Sushi-302 (West), because it seems almost like a fusion of sushi with one of
my favorite restaurants in Geneva. The reason for this comes not only from
the feel or the ambience one experiences upon entering – the walls are a
mixture of bright, yet calming colors and the music is something of a new
age, light jazz – it comes as much or more from the expert chefs behind the
sushi bar and certainly from the incredible and masterful presentation of
the plates that are placed before you. They seem almost too aesthetic and
eye appealing to consume.
Swordfish has been open
for several months and I have been yearning to give it a try. So, on a cool
and cloudy October night, the time seemed just right to stop in...
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