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| - This is simply the worst sushi I've ever had. I came on happy hour and didn't have unreasonable expectations of luxury... the food was just honestly awful.
To start with, the rice - the most simple base to good sushi - was overcooked into a completely flavorless glutenous paste. There certainly wasn't a shortage of it either - rolls were built as though the chef was playing a game of 'hide the fish'.
The fish itself was also weak - the tuna at least was very run of the mill, but some items, like the shrimp and the salmon skin, were just inedible. The skin tasted off (two people ordered this roll at the table, ate a piece, and left the rest on the plate), and the shrimp tasted distinctly of soap. Crab, as its written on the menu, is krab - aka, the fake stuff - and that would have been fine, if I knew that when I was ordering it. The calamari, as well, was large unnaturally shaped sticks that have never been even vaguely related to squid.
Appetizers were not much better - my pork gyoza was very obviously made in a factory somewhere, deep frozen, and fried on location. Oh - and I ordered beef, I was just served pork - good thing I'm not kosher/halal etc.
Not EVERYTHING was bad. Service was friendly if not a bit spacey. On-tap beer selection was extensive and well priced. For the most part though, this place is just a comedy of errors. The mens restroom, for instance, has four lights in it - 3 of which were out - which is great for those of us who've always wanted to enjoy a #2 in a cave. The mirrors point directly at a side view of the urinals, so voyeuristic souls can enjoy themselves as well. The location is good, the furnishings are fine... but thats were the planning suddenly seems to have stopped.
I could not more strongly recommend against this place - If I wanted sushi that tasted like it was catered by a gas station I would have gone to one.
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