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| - So we're hungry tonight and decide that we want to order in....my sister who lives here and whom we are visiting from San Diego tells us about a sushi/Chinese place that delivers. We're like what??? Someone who delivers sushi/Chinese? Have we died and gone to heaven? (No, it's just PA) So she brings a $5 off coupon and we're on our way.
We couldn't make up our minds about what we wanted so we decided to head out that way and eat in. From the outside the restaurant looks quite common, almost like one of those pancake restaurants which in fact is the main reason my sister never visited before. Wow!!! Such a pleasant surprise from beginning to end. We were happy to see a real, live bartender in the bar area, a real, live Japanese sushi chef and real, live Asian/Japanese folks running the show.
They even had a Latino bus boy which made me feel right at home! (I'm a Mexican and always happy to see my people far from home!)
The hostess who was friendly and attentive immediately gave us a seriously detailed menu along with a sushi menu and the sushi specials for the day.
My sister was surprised to see the very reasonable prices for some very cool drinks (she had a Cosmo for $7) which was tasty and oh so strooong.
On to the food, we ordered an appetizer mix of shrimp and veggie tempura (hot, crispy and tasty) an order of gyoza (skip it) and received the requisite bowl of crunchy noodles to munch on with a bowl of sweet and sour sauce (really skip these.)
We ordered an order of California roll, a Spider roll (soft shell crab) and a Crispy roll (3 kinds of fish and a fried, crunchy seaweed wrap.)
My husband ordered the Walnut Shrimp, Kung Pao Chicken and a killer dish of vegetable and tofu in a black bean sauce and which arrived in a sizzling hot pot.
We are very accustomed to eating all kinds of highly spiced and flavored food from all cultures/restaurants in San Diego. I proudly think we have some of the best restaurants in the US so we truly weren't expecting too much....and yet, what a gem this restaurant turned out to be.
The tofu dish was awesome, the Kung Pao chicken spicy and the peanuts were crispy and fresh. The Walnut Shrimp although not the best I have ever had, certainly it was the most generous sized
Walnut Shrimp order we have ever had. There had to be a dozen or more of nice, big shrimp, the walnuts were huge and sweet and if you ask them to either put the sauce on the side and/or make it spicier, it will be a winner.
The rolls all arrived on one big plate, truly a work of art and very good as far as rolls go. I try to taste the soft shelled crab rolls whenever I see them on a menu and these were among the best I have ever tasted.
The service was attentive and you can tell that the servers/family/manager take great pride in their restaurant and their food. I heard one of them tell the next table over that they could order anything on the menu steamed and without oil....very nice to be sure.
What a gem this little place is, don't hesitate to pass up the other faux wannabe Chinese/sushi places and give this one a try!
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