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| - Oh, thank God. Something worthwhile has replaced Bar One. Once a bastion of fried garbage served at least one hour after you ordered it by the world's dumbest servers, now Bar One Sushi serves decent sushi and features great service!!!
THE ATMOSPHERE: Mood indigo. Deep blue walls, high black tables, cool square tableware, stainless steel and loud music. A little too loud.
THE SERVICE: Ultra attentive. No fewer than three people asked us if we were enjoying everything or if we needed anything. The owner, or manager, I presume, even gave us some free crab salad to try. Not only was it free, it was damned tasty. Drinks were always full. The food came quickly.
THE FOOD: The place is affiliated with Fujiama, so the specailty rolls tend to favor tempura ingredients. However, there is reasonable selection of traditional sushi rolls, sashimi and nigiri. The selection of sashimi is much more varied than the selection of traditional rolls.
I got the JALAPENO INCIDENT (that needed caps) yellow tail with pickled jalapeno, flying fish roe and some yellowish wrap rather than the traditional nori. I scraped off the huge glops of mayonaisse based spicy sauce on top. After that, I was in heaven, if , in fact, heaven requires you to down three glasses of iced tea to quench the subtle and building heat of your sushi roll.
The traditional plain salmon roll I had was very fresh and well executed. The salmon was really creamy, without any stringy bits to ruin the texture.
Mon cher chou's SPICY KILLER (that needed caps, too)--spicy salmon with tuna avacado and black pepper on top--was decadent. The fish was smooth and delicate-- more like a French tartare.
So forgive and forget Bar One. Bar One Sushi has redeemed the space.
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