The Three Coconuts

We are usually very particular about what we eat the last 2 nights before a big race. We start carb loading and really try to cut back on the amount of fiber, for obvious reasons. But food is a passion for the Three Coconuts and when we are out of town we do the research, talk to people, and look for the absolute best places to dine. For us, it is about the culinary experience, the quality of the food, service, and atmosphere. At times, conversation at the table sounds more like an episode of "The Next Iron Chef". So needless to say when we heard that the best restaurant in Austin, especially for sushi, was Uchi ( www.uchiaustin.com ), we could not pass up the chance to try it.



We arrived early Friday evening to beat the crowds. It was obvious when we walked in that this was upscale Japanese and the service and staff were 5 star. Our server went over the menu as well as the specials and as you can imagine there were WAY to many choices and they all sounded excellent. I asked for a recommendation and she said there was a "Chef's Choice" 10 course meal that sampled most of the menu and would be a nice choice for the 3 of us............but!...........we would need an "adventurous" palate for some of the dishes. We looked at one another and decided to go for it.


To make a long story (and I do mean long, we sat there being served for about 2 hours) short, we had stuff you would never, ever consider ordering off a menu. From the sea we had Monk fish liver, sea urchin, scallops, mussels, and many, many different types of fish. From the farm there was foie gras, beef tongue, and rabbit. Most everything was suprisingly very good with the exception of a couple dishes. The foie gras, french for goose liver, was probably the most disgusting thing I have ever put in my mouth. Here are some pics and they do not do the plating justice everything was beautiful. Enjoy!



Tuna roll.........and a wood plate of Nigiri ( 3 different types of fish). Best thing we ate...................MORE PLEASE!!!!!

Sea Bass..flash fried I think....love Sea Bass, but not this preparation.

Mussels wrapped in a potato crepe...those are my chop sticks!

On the right, beef tongue (taste like BBQ), far left is rabbit, and the thing mid left and looks like a testicle is the foie gras..........testicle taste better than this $**T!

Braised scallops..........excellent!

Sea Urchin.....tasted like a seafood porridge.

Don't remember the name of this fish....light smokey flavor.

Monkfish liver.........not too bad. If you don't mind the texture of liver.

This was a potato with a fish sauce on top................YUM!!!!!!!! Don't know what made up the "fish sauce" but it was (and I didn't think this was possible) better than butter.

Well that is some of the highlights.....I might add we washed all of this down with a nice pinot from New Zealand........for the antioxidants pre-race of course :)

As I mentioned before this was not an ordinary pre-race meal. Our hopes were that our GI systems would not rebel and we wind up staring at the inside of one of these on race day.

Aloha and stay tuned for the race reports!

The Three Coconuts.