Morimoto in Manhattan: Omakase table tab = $1000!

As at any important sushi restaurant, choosing the chef's table means you must be prepared to leave your appetite, and wallet, in his hands. While the menu states that the chef's table price goes up in stages to $150 per person, the staff adds that the total may be much higher, depending upon the delicacies the chef has obtained and wishes to prepare for you.
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But my recent omakase evening sadly showed that this Morimoto is no longer creating dishes: He's got a restaurant to run, celebrities to greet. So it was his minions who prepared whole hairy crabs, prized for their sweet flesh and flown in from the Japanese archipelago -- their hard bodies first displayed and then reappearing as whole legs, which tasted pretty much as you'd expect of crabs that had been previously cooked.
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So how ``much higher'' was this omakase? My tab for two at Morimoto's table, with sake, dessert and tea, came to almost $1,000. Higher than high, and, surprised, I took a deep breath.