Himitsu

For our second dinner, we decided to check out the Japanese restaurant at the resort, Himitsu. We walked by it that afternoon in our resort exploring (once the rain had finally stopped), and it was only a short walk from our room.

We were originally seated at a table near the entrance to the restaurant. It was still really cold and the table seemed to be located in some sort of wind tunnel that became unbearable. Luckily there was another, more sheltered table available and they were kind enough to allow us to move and stop suffering. (To set the tone for this meal, the weather/cold/wind issue ended up being the most memorable thing about that dinner, something we can vividly recall almost two years later.)

We settled in with some drinks (hot green tea for A and iced tea for me) and started to look through the kitschy Asian menu, which had appetizers, sushi options and various main courses. We decided to order a mix of items and hoped they would be good.

The first dish to arrive was the chicken salad, which consisted of chicken breast, mixed lettuce, jicama, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts and a sweet teriyaki sauce. It was okay. All the vegetables made it pretty healthy, but it wasn't anything amazing or memorable.

We ordered a variety of sashimi and rolls. Everything came with approximately 4 pieces to an order. For the sashimi, we got tuna, mero (which they said was grouper but Wikipedia says is Patagonian toothfish) and salmon. The tuna and salmon were okay, not very special and not very flavorful. Just kind of blah. The grouper was the worst of the three, as it was kind of tough to chew. We got three rolls - the Dreams roll ("seafood served with Japanese tartar"), the spicy crab roll ("meat crab roll served with spicy mayonnaise"), and the spicy tuna roll ("yellowfin tuna marinated, spicy mayonnaise, cucumber and avocado"). None of them were very good. They didn't have much filling, two were topped with lots of spicy sauce (which wasn't that spicy), and they didn't have much flavor whatsoever. I'm not sure we ever even figured out what seafood was in the Dreams roll, and the menu wasn't much help on that front.

We weren't feeling very satisfied (with either quantity or quality) of our dinner thus far, so we ordered a couple of additional items (at least I think that's how our ordering went). One was the crab spring roll appetizer, which came with a sweet and sour sauce. I think we liked this but it was really just a spring roll. I don't remember tasting very much crab.

The other was a main course of yellowfin tuna tempura, which came over sauteed vegetables, topped with seaweed, and with a side of rice. This wasn't exactly what we were expecting. The batter on the tuna was heavy instead of the usual lightness of tempura. The seaweed salad and sauteed vegetables were fine, and the portion size of the dish was definitely filling, but it wasn't anything special either.

I don't recall at all what our favorite dish of the night was, but I'm fairly sure it wasn't the sashimi or sushi rolls. Probably one of the fried dishes. So far most of the food at the Dreams Cancun (other than breakfast) was just okay (and some of it was quite mediocre). We were fairly sure we would not be returning to Himitsu based on our schedule and the quality of the food. At least we made it out of dinner before it started to pour!