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Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas

	Chef Hiroshi Fukui's Kampachi Carpaccio is among the dishes featured at Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas. The Restaurant Row eatery showcases small plates in a Euro-Asian mode. Watch for special seasonal contemporary kaiseki dinners.
	Gregory Yamamoto | The Honolulu Advertiser

Chef Hiroshi Fukui unfurls his contemporary kaiseiki talents in this namesake eatery, part of D.K. Kodama's restaurant group, showcasing small dishes that draw the eye and delight the tongue. It's hard not to get blown away by expertly crafted misoyaki butterfish and red-wine-braised veal cheeks on the same menu, in addition to some of the most inventive desserts in Honolulu. Those who share his aesthetic consider the diminutive portions perfect and the prices good value for the uncompromising quality; those who equate value with volume may not be as pleased.

Restaurant Row, 500 Ala Moana. 5:30-9:30 p.m. daily. Reservations recommended. Valet and self- parking. VS. MC, AX, DS, JCB. No checks. $$$.

Web site: www.dkrestaurants.com

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