The house was packed with media types and VIPs on Wednesday evening
as the curtain rose to unveil Fujimar.
The newly expanded space, which resides
above Lima Lounge, is a food fusion concept inspired by the pairing of
Asian and Latin flavors. The menu is packed with sushi and seafood
dishes, designed as an homage to the Asian immigrants that came to the
new world and settled in South America.
The redesigned menu and spacious buildout comes from
owner Masoud Aboughaddaeh and executive chef Raynold Mendizabal.
Mendizabal strives to use only the freshest fish in all his culinary
creations and said that the quality of ingredients helps to elevate the
level of flavors he is able to achieve. The menu also features a variety
of new cocktail pairings from mixologist brothers Ari and Micah
Wilder.
The party rocked to quickly break the seals on the
new space, with guests dining, drinking and dancing to the eclectic
sounds of DJ Natty Rico who simultaneously DJs while blasting away on a
saxaphone.
Certainly it's a more mellow vibe, with the
projections of fireplaces and dim red lights, but the energy was
palpable as the crowd gather late into the night. The fish might be raw,
but there is nothing cold about the reception this new spot has to
offer.
