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Almost every Sunday night, Josh’s parents come into the city to have dinner with us. It’s a nice time for everyone to get together and catch up on the going-ons of the week. We have our standby favorites that we frequent, and we also like to try new restaurants for some variety. We all love to eat Japanese food, and Josh’s parents had heard about a great deal that Matsugen was running, a $35 multi-course prix fixe dinner. They tried it out a few weeks earlier and liked it so much that we made them go back with us so we could try it as well.<\/p>\n
The menu has a hot\/cold theme, with each course consisting of a hot dish and a cold dish. The only course where you need to choose between the hot and the cold dish is the third course, your main entree. For $35, it’s really a lot of food but everything is pretty light and refreshing so you don’t feel so weighed down afterward.<\/p>\n
We ordered a few appetizers off the prix fixe to start. The edamame was served warm with a nice sprinkling of salt.<\/p>\n