Plural of "imperium" meaning command or supreme power.
An online Medieval strategy game.
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A coastal town in Italy.
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An overhyped Asian restaurant and sushi bar in Austin.
Things named Imperia? Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!!
We had high hopes after seeing all the accolades it had received, but after the first two appetizers, we were disappointed. Oh! But those first two appetizers were soooooo good! The Imperia House Edamame served warm with Fresno chiles and lemon essence were yummy and the Buttery Edamame Potstickers were. to. die. for. For real. To die for. We'll go back for drinks and appetizers.
What we won't go back for is anything else. While the quality of the food is fine, the balance of some of the other dishes we had was waaaaay off. The Imperia Suzuke (ceviche) was so overpowered by the lime, that was all you tasted. Couldn't even tell you what fish it had it. And it was supposed to have tomatoes, cilantro and sliced Asian pears (?!), but it had almonds and golden raisins. Either way it didn't matter because you couldn't taste anything anyway. The Pablo Escolar roll did not live up to it's great name. You would assume that if the description says "blah, blah, blah rolled in tempura flakes" that all the ingredients would be ROLLED up and not have the thing you hate that you thought you could handle if it was mixed in, because come on, how much could they possibly put in it, plopped on top all grey and gross. Why does eggplant, Japanese or otherwise, even exist?! We didn't even finish it. Those were the two big misses and the dishes in between aren't worth going back for.
For the money, I'm going to Uchi. It only means "house".
310 Colorado St.
Austin, Texas 78701
512.472.6770
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