King Baby's Crazian Persuasion

Frannie and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary last night at a japanese restaurant on Staten Island called Tomo. I had heard of this restaurant previously but had never had the pleasure of dining there. I have to say Frannie and I were pleasantly surprised. The food was absolutely fantastic and the service was second to none. They were very attentive and helpful with menu items we weren't familiar with. We started with an appetizer of kumamoto oysters, in my opinion the best raw oyster I have ever had. Every year when they come in season, Francesca and I make sure to have a good dozen or 2. I had never seen a japanese restaurant offer kumamoto's. In fact Frannie and I have only had these small delicate oysters which have a sweet nutty taste in higher end seafood restaurants. We also ordered a fantastic bottle of cold sake which had lychee fruit infused with it. It was sweet and very refreshing(frannie drank the whole bottle and I only had one glass lol), the perfect compliment to the love boat for 2 we ordered as our entre which was a fantastic mix of sushi and sashimi. We ended the evening with a desert order of Mochi (frannie had mango and I had red bean) mochi if you have never had it is a small disc of ice cream with a very thin pastry dough covering it. A very light satisfying desert. The red bean mochi they had was the best I ever had, actual pieces of red bean in it instead of the puree with artificial flavors I'm used to at other restaurants. Overall the experience was top notch. We were worried when we first pulled into the lot of the restaurant which is very long and narrow. The restaurant itself is set very deep into it's lot right off the corner of amboy and richmond ave. I have to admit I almost missed it. We pulled in and were a little worried, there must have been parking for 40 cars but there were only 3 cars there. We got to the restaurant and the outside was nothing spectacular. Inside was better. The design was nice but could use an update. I like how they used a lotus flower pattern all over the restaurant and the entrance has a huge cascading waterfall but unfortunately it wasn't on. Also as with all the japanese restaurants on staten island, compared to queens there is roughly a 10 to 15 percent increase in price. However the restaurant shines in service. Little things make the difference...cloth napkins instead of paper, quality wooden chop sticks that did not split improperly or had splinters...and as I said before, attentive service. I highly recommend Tomo and will definitely be going back.
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