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| - Before a business meeting at a local bar, my best friend and I decided to have a lunch date at a new sushi joint to help nurse our hangovers. I did a little research on my Yelp app and came across this place. People seemed to really like the place, so I was curious to check it out as well.
I've been to this strip mall many times. For Albertson's, for the nail salon (eyebrow wax), for Chase bank. It's a cool area, full of businesses. It's located on Flamingo and Maryland Pkwy. Some close businesses that I frequent: Buffalo Exchange, The Garage, Seafood City, Target, etc. It's a great neighborhood. I enter the location and I'm super surprised to find a large venue. A very small hostess area, but the place has a couple of rooms attached to the big dining area. We were taken to the room on the right side of the restaurant. Super cute! The focal point is the sushi bar. There's a background montage of flowers, all lit up. The recess lighting that shines on the bar and cloth picture panels makes for a very enlightening focus. I really liked it! The small two top tables were separated with a little Japanese folding curtain to create a more intimate setting for me and my lunch date.
As in all sushi joints, I always get the AYCE (All You Can Eat) special. Since we can after 3pm, we had to pay the dinner price of $23.95. I also have some very strong feelings and practices when it comes to AYCE. I always stick to the side dishes, appetizers and nigiri so I can get more for my buck. Here's what I got, grouped based on my preferences:
Things I liked: Yellowtail nigiri (fresh and less of a fish flavor), Miso soup (perfect for monsoon weather), seaweed salad (lovely taste of the ocean), hamachi kama (collar of the fish, grilled, full of marbleized meat and served with a soy dipping sauce), deep fried mussels (tempura battered and soo good!) and as an exception, the Yama Roll (Tempura shrimp roll with eel, shrimp, avocado layered on top. Sooo flavorful)
Thinks I didn't like: Gyoza (it was nicely fried, however the filling was not as good as I've tried. More filling than meat, it seemed), Chicken Teriyaki skewers (tomatoes, onions and white meat chicken. Not as good as other sushi joints. The chicken was a bit dry) and the BBQ Ribs (marbleized and flavorful but I prefer more of a grilled rib. There were not grill marks and it just seemed a bit rubbery)
The great thing is that it all still great. I would definitely be back for more servings of the Hamachi Kama. I don't often find myself in this area, but when I do, I at least know there's a great sushi joint!
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