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I've never been to Yori Q, but this "new" place opened about a week ago and is under the same management as Yori Q, with a new concept - more sushi and lower prices with some of the same korean menu items!
Came here with the bf for lunch on Saturday (almost 70 degrees in February, global warming is real kids) to sample their new lunch menu and some of their rolls - ended up just having enough stomach room to try their boxed lunch and sushi combo lunch specials...a ton of delicious food! They have several japanese+korean fusion bento boxes, and all come with their apple salad vinaigrette, two fried dumplings, and 4 pieces of either their california or spicy tuna roll. The spicy pork was delicious...and obviously something preserved from Yori Q, barbecued and marinated with spicy sweet korean marinade and grilled for that perfect juicy, fatty taste that, when paired with rice (which was actually cooked well thank goodness) makes korean barbecue such a treat to the umami senses.
Sushi platter came with 5 pieces of the chef's selection - in our case, salmon, tuna, smoked salmon, smoked tuna, and shrimp nigiris placed elegantly next to 6 pieces of their listed rolls or specialty rolls ($4 extra). The fish was fresh, and we were given thick slabs delicately placed on smaller morsels of rice (definitely more fish than rice, not the other way around), and the pieces of sushi had a smaller rice to filling ratio - which really accentuated the flavor of the sushi and made it more about the fish than the belly-filling rice. Still ended up pleasantly full though, but still had enough room to swing by Jarlings afterwards.
Fresh, relatively simple and pure flavors, faithful on the classics, and not as expensive as Sakanaya on Green Street. With Yellowfin closed, this place is definitely a place to check out, and the family sitting behind us said its better than Kofusion!
ps. a lot of things are 50% off, not sure if this is a promotional thing since the restaurant just opened, but I'd go now while its still half priced!
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