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| - Went to check out Roppongi after finding a sweet Groupon-esque deal online. We're big sushi fans and like to try tons of different places, but still have our favorites. While Roppongi didn't upset our top two it definitely squeezed it's way into our number three spot.
Roppongi is a huge restaurant, and it was pretty quiet when we went on a Saturday night. The menu is pretty expansive and does a combination of sushi, hibachi and other stuff. For an appetizer we went with the Flaming Avocado ($10). I think the best way to describe it is guacamole with an Asian flare. You get half an avocado that is hollowed out and then filled with mashed avocado, tuna, and salmon. It has a bit of a spicy kick to it thanks to some wasabi mayo and is served with some wonton chips to dip with. It was a different appetizer but I really liked the combo of the avocado with the cooked fish...almost like a crab dip. Definitely worth checking out as an appetizer.
For dinner we ordered a Roppongi Roll ($16) and Fantastic Roll ($18.) The Roppongi Roll had deep fried lobster, asparagus and cream cheese all rolled up with some other stuff, making for a tasty roll. Call us monsters but we enjoy what cream cheese brings to sushi, so we really dug it. The deep fried lobster brings a somewhat sinful experience to the roll, and the price helps in that respect too.
Speaking of sinful, the Fantastic Roll is even pricier but adds cooked ribeye steak to the fried lobster equation. The fried lobster is rolled up with mango and the roll is topped with slices of decadently seared ribeye steak. I love ribeye steak but I was not a fan of this particular combination. I preferred the Roppongi Roll in the end.
Roppongi is a solid sushi joint, but there are couple of better places in the Lake Norman area. Roppongi is a bit on the pricey side, and the food quality is not exactly better than other places to warrant the price, but the sushi is still very tasty.
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