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| - Dined here with a co-worker recently for dinner, and found it to be a nice little spot to dine and chat. They have some good drinks at the bar, and our sushi was quite nice as well.
My dining partner is not a fan of nori, and she showed me a little trick that apparently every sushi place can do - substituting soy paper for nori. I'd never even heard of the stuff. It's similar in texture, just without the taste. She selected the "Fire in the Hole" roll with soy, and we got some nigiri and edamame as well. Here's what we found:
Edamame: Standard fare, nice and salty, quite tasty. A good starter
Salmon nigiri: Featuring a fairly generous cut of nicely marbled fish, it was a tasty bite for both of us. No slime, just yum.
Tuna nigiri: Again, a generous cut, deep dark color, and a good texture, especially considering that sushi here in the desert has to be previously frozen.
Fresh water eel: Flaky, well cooked and perfectly glazed, this was a very good dish. No off flavors or odors at all.
Fire in the Hole roll: Featuring spicy yellowtail, shrimp tempura, cucumber, cream cheese and avocado, with the above-mentioned soy paper instead of nori, this was a fairly large diameter roll that packed a lot in. The spicy yellowtail was definitely spicy, and the tempura and cucumber provided a good crunch, while the cream cheese held the heat a little at bay. Honestly, I kind of liked that the soy paper let the flavors of the filling come through a little more.
All in all, we had a great dining experience here. Our dishes arrived a little out of order, but we got everything and really enjoyed it all.
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