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| - Oh lord, this review is a toughie to write. Sushi Samba is a unique restaurant in that it's a blend of Japanese, Brazilian and Peruvian influence, and we had so many different flavors and samplings of things, this will be quite a mixed review.
They definitely anticipate people being unable to choose from the wide-range of items on the menu, so they actually give you the option of letting the waitress put together your order based on likes, dislikes, preferences, food allergies, and based on PRICE, etc. We spouted out... "Salmon!"
"Tuna!"
"SPICE!" "allergic to shrimp!"
"Jalapenos!"
So, the waitress brought out the following:
(1) Edamame with sea salt and lime.
Small plates:
(2) Berkshire Pork Gyoza (kabocha pumpkin pureé and su-shoyu dipping sauce) - VERY good! The pumpkin puree is a nice touch! Just be sure to scrape it all off the plate when you pick up the gyoza!
(3) Tuna Tataki (white asparagus, fresh heart of palm, avocado, tatsoi, citrus soy) - This is seared tuna, marinated a bit in vinegar and ginger - also very good. I have never had tatsoi before - but it is quite good! Tastes and looks a bit like spinach but is better!
Seviches:
(4) Salmon asparagus, red radish, pineapple, lime - quite good! 2nd fave of the four seviches.
(5) Yellowtail jalapeño and lemongrass - Our table came to the consensus that this was the winner of the 4 seviches. Perfect amount of spice from the japaleno, and just a bit of tang from the lemongrass - goes very well together with the hamachi! VERY good!
(6) Tuna granny smith apple, serrano, lime - I did NOT like this one - the apple taste is awful in my opinion... Pass.
(7) The last one had a very traditional Peruvian seviche taste - lemon, lime very simple, and good. The type of fish they used escapes me now.. apologies.
Robata:
(8) Sea bass and miso anticucho - sea bass pieces marinated with delicious miso on skewers - SO GOOD. The fish is very fresh and tender - and the miso is light, but very tasty! It also comes with Peruvian corn kernels - which if you haven't had it - each kernel is about 5 times the size of a normal corn kernel, and is a bit meatier. YUM!
Large plates:
(9) Toban Yaki organic mushroom, charred green onion, garlic chips, kobe beef! They split this in two bowls - which was strange because one bowl was better than the other. Not sure how much I liked this dish - the sauce was very heavy/creamy yet bland and lacked something. The other bowl had more tang to the sauce and was better - inconsistency - not good! Mushrooms were yummy though!
Samba rolls:
(10) El Toro (salmon, jalapeño, shiso leaf, fresh melted mozzarella, crispy onion): the fave of the bunch yet still not that great seeing as how it doesn't really "count" as sushi - melted mozzarella? come on.
(11) Neo Tokyo yellowfin tuna, tempura flake, aji panca - this was a disappointment! The waitress called it the "ultimate spicy tuna" - but it was NOT spicy whatsoever. She mentioned that they use a fresher version of tuna - not so when you order spicy tuna elsewhere (where they use the leftover bits of fish and mash it up). MEH, pass.
(12) Veggie Kun avocado, tomato, arugula, oshinko, yamagobo, wasabi nori flake, tofu miso - PASS! Tastes fresh but dude - where's the fish!?
(13) CAN'T REMEMBER this last roll because I was SO FULL and couldn't have anymore!!!
This was SO much food - 70 per person. I'd pass on the rolls, and go for samplings of their other small dishes, seviches, skewers! 4 stars.
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