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| - This sushi-asian fusion restaurant has a pretty unique warehouse basement/art gallery space thing going on in terms of decor and vibe. With constant strange down tempo house music playing, a large (mostly empty) basement location covered in a mish mash of random asian decoration, and an art gallery space in the back full of (unfortunately pretty boring when I went) paintings, this place was pretty unique.
I was a little wary of the food when we came in because there were only 3 groups (including mine) there on a Friday night. Fortunately, the kitchen turned out some fresh and well made sushi and appetizers. The edamame appetizer was prepared differently than I'd had before with sesame oil and seeds replacing the usual light salting and making this simple dish much richer and tastier. Nice idea! I'll steal it at home. The vegetable and shrimp tempura was alright. A little on the greasy side, but still tasty. Sushi itself was pretty fresh tasting and well prepared. We ordered the spicy plate (spicy tuna, spicy salmon, and Russian: jalepeno, salmon, etc.) and they were all good.
Later in the evening we noticed the bartender lighting stuff on fire...uh, naturally this grabbed our attention and we ended up ordering a dozen shots of his choice which resulted in us getting the entire 20' counter lit on fire and 12 pretty awesome mixed shots. Pretty cool. Highlight of the evening.
Also, lots of sake! Haha, always good with sushi.
The experience was a little uneven/weird on occasion and everything did seem slightly too expensive, but I wouldn't be averse to coming back here with some friends if they chose it if only to make the bartender light more drinks on fire...
Probably a 3.5, but it gets rounded up rather than down because...review 50! Woo! Haha.
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