Igloos are for eskimos

A week before my birthday i was treated to a suprise dinner at hotspot Megu in Tribeca. Megu is a high-end, fine dining restaurant that mixes traditional and modern Japanese into everything from it decor to its cooking.It prides itself in serving the freshest and highest quality kobe beef,sushi and sashimi. The dining experience was a delight and amazing to say the least and  not to mention very pricey. My favorites on the menu were the mouth watering and perfectly seasoned Kobe Beef "Tataki" style, prepared medium rare and served on stylishly bent forks. The "Tatsuta" organic chicken, served sliced and in chunks with just of hint of seasoning, was amazingly juicy and a great hot appetizer that i finished off even though i was so full i could hardly breathe. All the sashimi served on the "sashimi tasting" literally melted in my mouth and made me wonder if ive ever had sashimi any fresher! But the dish that really got me salivating non-stop and wishing i didnt have high cholesterol so i can order another order,were the Kobe Beef croquettes! They were heaven in little fried balls! Foie Gras wrapped around Kobe Beef and then lightly fried, oh my gooooosh!!!For all of you Puertoricans, it was like an alcapurria but smaller, less greasy and i hate to say this but tastier!! I hate that i am usually a fan of all things fatty, fried and bad for you but i cant help it. If the dish has bacon,foie gras or chocolate in or on it,it often makes my list of favorites! One of Megus' signature dishes like the croquettes is its Tajima Kobe Beef sashimi. Its basically Kobe Beef sliced thinly and uncooked and unseasoned and served in an igloo shaped ice sculpture and on a bed of ice. All i can say is that i was extremely dissapointed and confused. I get that Kobe beef is best eaten raw or rare and i get that eating it this way enables one to enjoy its velvety texture and yummy intense fatty marbling. But truthfully the experience wasnt mind blowing and in fact i didnt really taste much. The trick according to the waiter was to put a piece in your mouth without chewing it and with aid of the heat of your mouth, allow the flavors to reveal themselves on your tongue slowly . I waited and waited with a $20 piece of Kobe beef sitting in my mouth, hoping that magic would occur and a "taste bud climax" would happen. But sadly nothing happend and i realized why the meat was brought out on an igloo with lights and even a mini palm tree of sorts. The only thing exciting about that dish and close to magical was the igloo it came in.