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| - Finally got the chance to sample this southwestern sushi spot.
Restaurant design: very modern. Comfortable seats everywhere, very nice lounge with its own TV, huge counters at the bar. One of the largest interiors I've seen. The only weird thing is how low the armchairs in the lounge are. Luckily, we didn't have to deal with that since we didn't fill the table.
Service: consistent pacing throughout the night. Could be because we were the lounge table, but I'll take that versus sometimes being forgotten.
Picks:
Nigiri: everything was delicious through and through, even the tuna. The spicy tuna was a bit overwhelming for my sensitive palate. Smoked salmon special here is superior to Goyemon's special. Uni is the best quality other than when I tried Kaze's AYCE sashimi lunch. There were some issues with seaweed wrappers from different pieces sticking to each other though.
Oysters: no real off flavors and haven't gotten sick yet, so that's a win for me
Baked mussels: solid
Fried calamari: fine
Lasagna roll: didn't notice much difference with the inclusion of avocado, and good quality
Parfait: really, really good. Fruits and crunchy granola made me really happy. Glad I made this my limit-one-dessert-that-isn't-ice-cream-scoops choice.
Passable:
Dynamite: pretty good, but the sesame threw me off.
Surf n Turf sizzling plate: beef strips and shrimp on a bed of onions and cabbage. Not bad, but not great.
Hot sake: average, I suppose. Best part was that it was a Mon/Tues 2-for-1 special.
Pans:
Popcorn scallop: pretty useless.
Amaebi head: brain drained. I feel like they did this as a restaurant-wide strategy to appeal to a more mainstream palate (you can tell by how they let you order yum yum sauce on the side). Would've liked all off the flavors to be there.
Ice cream: while the green tea was pretty good, the vanilla was not that impressive and the texture of both had noticeable ice crystals
Overall, I enjoyed the meal with a few notable exceptions. It's worth the drive if you want a change from your normal sushi spot. I'd probably come back to explore the rolls since we didn't really plumb the depths of that extensive part of the menu.
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