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| - I've been to Omi Sushi one before with my brother when it first opened so when it came to choosing a decent AYCE (all you can eat) in the area, it was definitely one of the options. Sushi is my favourite food so I get quite critical about how a restaurant creates their maki rolls, handrolls, sashimi, and sushi. Having tried this restaurant once before, I was hoping that the second experience would not disappoint.
My boyfriend and I wanted in at about 11:45am for lunch. It was completely empty with only a waitress and sushi chef talking behind the counter. We were quickly greeted and sat down in a booth that seemed way too spacious. The seats were fairly comfy and also the decor of the restaurant worked as it was a very neutral colour scheme with minimalistic decorations.
We quickly scanned the menu looking for anything delicious and we ordered our first round of food. The waitress was quick to take our order sheet and brought us over tea and water. My boyfriend ordered miso soup, tom yum soup, chicken teriyaki, 2 types of beef udon. I ordered the seaweed salad, teriyaki calamari, fried calamari, salmon rose sushi, salmon sushi, crunchy salmon roll (...I just really like salmon, okay?) and the banana shrimp roll.
The soup and salad were quick to come, along with something unexpected. The soy sauce was brought out in a broken sugar container with plastic wrap covering the top. It was difficult to pour as the vessel split over the sides. Not exactly the best container to put soy sauce in but I'm not here to review their soy sauce dispenser. I digress.
The seaweed salad was cold so it was probably just taken out of the fridge, it tasted like any other pre-made pre-store bought seaweed. Nothing special.
The Calamari was the next to come out. The teriyaki calamari was quite a small portion and they might have over done it with sesame seeds. Overall it was lackluster, seems as though they just boiled frozen calamari and poured salty teriyaki sauce over it. The fried calamari was no different, it had the same chewiness except it was drenched in fried tempura batter that made it super greasy and heavy to eat.
I really wanted to love this place, I honestly did. The only thing that could salvage this would be the sushi itself. Luckily it was the next thing to come out. The crunchy spicy salmon rolls were decently sized, they were cut a bit uneven but it wasn't over packed with rice. I enjoyed the balance of the spiciness and it was nice that it didn't over power the salmon taste. However, the crunchy pieces were more soggy than anything, adding no taste nor texture to the rolls.
The salmon sushi was disappointing. It took two pieces of salmon for them to cover one piece of rice. The fish didn't seem very fresh but that's what I kinda expected going into an AYCE place like this. The salmon rose sushi had a dollop of something unrecognizable on top, turns out the sushi chef decided to blend the tobiko with the Japanese mayo, creating this strange pink sauce. It was way too overpowering and I had to wipe nearly all of it off before I could eat it. The banana shrimp roll was alright, I enjoyed the contrast of the sweet and savory but it's not something I would order again.
The off-putting-ness of the sushi made me decide that I would not order anymore sushi for round 2. Instead, I opted for some of the other tempura, shrimp and eggplant to be more specific and some shrimp chips. I normally don't order shrimp tempura at places like this because I know they heavily batter it up which makes it really filling but I wanted to give this a try. When the dish came, it was exactly what I had expected, a overly greasy and heavily battered piece of shrimp. I had to tear off the tempura bits before I could eat it. The eggplant turned out to be really soggy, as if they had forgotten to dry the eggplant before battering it and frying it. The shrimp chips tasted of used oil and was one of the biggest regrets of the overall order.
I was ready to just order ice cream and get on with it. So we took a look at their dessert menu, I got a scoop of strawberry ice cream and a scoop of mango with a fried banana. The ice cream was okay, again, nothing special. The fried banana was pretty meh too.
So my second trip to this place was a pretty big disappointment. I'm starting to wonder if places are giving up on quality and creativeness and going straight for whatever makes them the most money. Then again, that's what these restaurants are all about right? A gouge out of our wallets and a belly full of grease.
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