This Asian restaurant's black wooden chairs and dim lighting at its below-street-level location set a striking scene for a sushi-filled supper. It excels not only for its specialty sashimi and sushi rolls, but also for entrées like pan-roasted Skuna Bay salmon with pickled mustard seeds. Or go big with the priciest entrée on the menu: charcoal-grilled Akaushi beef ribeye. Kenichi also has its...
Aspen "locals" satiate "sushi cravings" with "lots of innovative rolls" and other "originals" from the "broad" Japanese menu at this "long-surviving", still-"jumping joint" styled "like a modern Tokyo club" (the Decor score may not reflect a recent remodeling); "premium" price tags leave some as "grumpy" as the "impossibly hip" staff, so to lighten the mood, cognoscenti recommend you "steal a...
Kenichi Restaurant Review:
Named after founding chef Kenichi Kanada, Kenichi is a hip Aspen hangout where locals and tourists mingle at the lively bar or hide away in private tatami rooms. The Pan-Asian picks range from blackened tuna, steak teriyaki and bamboo salmon to very good sushi. Boasting one of this country's most extensive sake lists, Kenichi also features such exotic cocktails as the Purple Haze --- sake with...
Chef Kenichi Kanada and Billy Rieger are behind this hip Aspen hangout where locals and tourists mingle at the lively bar or hideaway in private tatami rooms. The Pan-Asian picks range from blackened tuna, steak teriyaki and bamboo salmon… Read More