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| - All right, let's get some things straight from an unbiased point-of-view: this is not a real sushi restaurant, this cannot be the best restaurant in Charlotte, and there is nothing healthy on the menu. It is a concept restaurant teetering on the edge of being a theme restaurant, the menu is incredibly overwhelming, and the food is heavy handed.
All that aside, there are great items on the menu, but it needs to be thinned out a little bit. This would have been two-stars if it weren't for the fantastic bar setup and one of the best milkshakes I've ever had (rice krispy concoction).
I really wanted to try the "amazing" sushi, and I had very high expectations. I ordered the Motherload, which offers no place for bad sushi to hide. The roll was way too thick, loaded with cream cheese, and only tasted like the sauces and cream cheese. I want to taste the raw fish. The sashimi was also cut thick, which works fine for scallops and some fish varieties, but not for octopus, eel, or shrimp. I did love the sauce with the summer roll, and the "no rice" option worked well to remove some of the weight.
The wine list is well thought out, and surprisingly well-priced, and the touch-big screen games built into the bar are absolutely genius (frog game conquered)! I struggled not to order burgushi, but after seeing all the massive piles of sushi covered in red meat walk past, the guilt of my decision faded. I once had a surf and turf roll at Wolfgang Puck's in Orlando that was perfectly poached lobster with thinly sliced, rare fillet on top w/ seaweed and ginger/siracha sauce that was perfection. Sushi should be light, flavorful, and artistic....Cowfish is miles from that.
I've got to add that the two "classy" girls sitting next to me at the bar made an episode of Girls sound tame...and no, the two guys next to me were unfortunately not gay.
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