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| - Skip the sushi. The rolls are way small for the price. Remember when KO Fusion used to do these monstrous rolls (e.g. the aptly named Big Roll) and now they are doing these wimpy rolls that no human hand has touched? Those are the rolls that Sushi Ave is rolling out (ha!). Nothing too unusual about the ingredients (scallops are neat though) or the combinations. Also, the lack of attentiveness (love?) to the product makes me wonder about the quality of the ingredients.
The lunch specials DO look like a sweet deal but I'd rather drop cash for good Korean comfortcy than mediocre sushi, esp since lunch specials apply to basic rolls only. Why would you go for a Salmon / tuna / California Roll when you can do a Spider or Crunch or even (shudder) a Philly? Just sayin' (yes, Pity da foo' who thinks Champaign gets top-grade sushi fish - generally, the fusion tricks of tempura, deep fry and spicy mayo make up for it). Also, Schnuck's is cheaper for comparable (and I hate to say it, better) quality.
But I digress. Five stars because Dorcas food is some of the tastiest and best bang-for-buck comfort nosh in town. And they deliver! Dorcas delivery!
A Korean combo is a takeout box with a pound of food, enough for two to three stuff-yourself-stupid meals or one major bingefest. The variety of dishes (yes, dishes!) that come with it (protein, dumplings, noodles, plus the awesome side pack of kimchee, veg, spam-ish meat and I'm hoping they still do their boiled eggs) is true (far) East Side, yo. The smorgasbord of flavors and textures more than satisfy the raging munchies. More importantly, it stimulates taste buds starting to atrophy from the "generic restaurant flavor" that plagues much of the local food and causes everything to taste the same after awhile. I think it originated from a Jimmy John's kitchen.
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