After helping out at Yelp Cleveland's smashing Burstday Bash* hostess with the mostess Cara L asked if I liked sushi. 2 thoughts went thru my head:
1) Do I like sushi? I guess she hasn't noticed that 75% of my reviews are of sushi restaurants.
2) If I had known we were going to go for sushi I wouldn't have eaten so many cupcakes at the burstday bash!
Fortunately, I can always make room for sushi. Cara called ahead to make sure this new sushi restaurant was able to serve us at this late dining hour (almost 11pm). They obliged and there were 5 seats at the sushi bar waiting for us when we got there.
The staff here is super friendly and ridiculously fast. We placed our orders and were eating within minutes. We started with a scallop appetizer that was served on a pringle chip. Um, yum. And I also ordered some hot sake to warm me up on this ridiculously cold night. Speaking of warming me up the truffle lobster miso soup also did the trick and may have well been the yummiest miso soup I've ever had. Truffle oil and lobster makes everything better!
For my sushi fix I went with a soft shell crab roll and a piece of tobiko. It totally hit the spot and I managed to finish it all even though I was pretty full from all those cupcakes.
I'm typically looking for a good sushi spot when I visit new cities and I think I've found one in Cleveland!
* http://www.yelp.com/biz/yelp-cles-first-burstday-party-cleveland