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There are some things that I get, or try to get, every time I go for sushi: tamago (not always available), smoked salmon nigiri, and Philly rolls. Add edamame for an appetizer and I'm pretty happy. Eel sauce in a ramekin is always a good thing for dipping. Last night was a great disappointment.
Let's address the specifics of what I ordered. First, the salmon nigiri was mis-cut. It should be cut with the grain/fat strands at a right angle to the length of the fillet, so that you can easily bite through it. It was not, so each bite required additional work to separate the piece you just bit from the remainder. The flavor of the salmon was marginal, I don't know if it wasn't smoked just right or what. I don't think the fish was bad in that it didn't smell, but the flavor just wasn't right.
Philly rolls. I realize this is 'white man's sushi', but I like it. I have never been known to leave any sushi standing when I finish my meal, even at a joint in Dallas where I left a scathing review, and yet I left half my Philly rolls un-et. Numerous problems presented themselves, starting with the rolls were not tight, resulting in them falling apart when picked up. I'm not sure how to express what was wrong with the cucumber, I think it boils down to it was mushy, not crisp. Maybe it wasn't cold when cut or they chose the wrong area to cut from? The flavor was unexceptional, I expect a crisp bite with a punch of the cream cheese, a crisp crunch of the cucumber, and the subtle flavors of the smoked salmon. This roll had none of that, and thus half of it was left behind.
I will complement them on the tamago, though it was not listed on the menu as such. This is the first time that I've seen it listed on the menu as 'Sweet Egg', which it is, but if I don't see it under tamago, I assume it isn't there. But I asked for it, and I got it. And it was good. At least this one thing was done well, though it would have held together better if they'd used longer seaweed cuts to wrap the band around it to attach it to the rice puck. The salmon nigiri, likewise, was not directly on the menu. I asked for it and got it, but as I said, it was disappointing.
The edamame was decent, but unremarkable. They didn't strike me as freshly steamed/hot, possibly they'd been sitting waiting for the waitress. They also offer 'garlic edamame', I'm not sure what the difference is but it might simply be using garlic salt instead of regular, and it really didn't do anything to enhance the flavor. Speaking of enhancing flavor, the eel sauce was also disappointing. I'm not sure what it was, but the flavor just did not appeal.
We ordered two other rolls there. One was a crab roll, not a crab salad roll as my companion has a mayonnaise sensitivity, and it was good. We both liked it. Pleasant flavors, quite yummy. The other roll, whose name I do not recall nor do I want to, had an off-putting aroma and the flavor did nothing to overcome that. A couple pieces of that were also left behind.
And glancing at Meg's review in the sidebar, I think there might also be a seasoning problem with the sushi rice. I'm not entirely certain on that one, but that could explain why many of the flavors were just not quite right.
In the end, a bad evening at a restaurant that will not see us again. This was also a scouting mission for places to frequent in the future since our favorite sushi place closed down, but this is not a place to which I will be returning. It is possible that they had their 'B Team' working last night, but my companion and I agreed that one star is all they deserved and we won't be back.
One final comment. I notice that their ratings have been steadily trending down over the last couple of months. It seems to me that something has happened here and I hope their decline is temporary for their sake.
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