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| - I love sushi again, and Yanagi is the reason why. When I saw this place opening in my neighborhood I thought, "Oh great. Another Sushi place..." Not sure why, but I'd lost that lovin' feeling when it comes to sushi. Last week my wife said she was craving the stuff, so I hit up Yelp to see what was good in our hood and was happy to see that the new place was rating high. I went in with high expectations and they blew them out of the water. Our server was friendly and attentive but not overly hovery. The owner (I assume) stopped by at one point to check on us because she noticed we hadn't tried our spicy edamame yet (which was the best edamame I'd ever had - slathered in a kind of oily spicy sauce that truthfully didn't look awesome but was beyond delicious and highly addictive, and while it had heat it was not too hot.) I digress. Anyhow, she was super nice and just wanted to make sure we liked everything. The reason we hadn't touched the edamame yet was because it came out with our first two sushi items, salmon nigiri and Tuna Love roll, and we couldn't get away from the Sushi to try the edamame. The nigiri was like butter. I could tell by looking at it that it was an amazing cut and super fresh. The roll was delicious and also an impressive presentation (looked better than the picture.) On her urging we finally tried the edamame and it didn't last long. Next up was the dynamite roll which was also amazing with baked scallops on top and perfectly tender and delicious.
What a hidden gem! I haven't been this impressed with a new restaurant of any kind in a long time. Great service, very good prices, amazing food. I've been eating sushi in the valley since Kyoto's in Scottsdale was about the only place, and I've had some really great sushi along the way, but I seriously think this was the best ever.
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