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| - Jia Asian Fusion is an adequate purveyor of Pan-Asian food and sushi, without any huge flaws but also without any particular standouts.
We got dinner here at around 7:30 on a Saturday night. The place is certainly popular enough, so we endured a 15 minute wait for a table. We started with a tempura appetizer, which comes with five pieces of tempura veggies and three shrimp. The shrimp were good, though the tempura batter could have been a bit crispier. The veggies were unremarkable (sweet potato, mushroom, zucchini, and red onion). My biggest complaint here is that the slices of red onion had tough outer layers that should have been removed, as it made them more or less inedible. The dipping sauce they came with, which was mostly soy, was good.
For our entrees, we split a bunch of sushi rolls. We tried the Firebird roll (spicy salmon, avocado, tempura flake, topped with spicy tuna, tempura flake, lemon mayo sauce, basil flake, sesame seeds and micro green), which was the highlight of the meal. Every component worked beautifully. We also tried another specialty roll but I honestly can't remember which ones, but I remember it was tasty. For our other three rolls we got spicy salmon, philly, and asparagus. They were all tasty if not earth-shaking and the asparagus roll really surprised me with how good it was for being just asparagus.
I also ordered two pieces of salmon nigiri, and this was the biggest letdown of the night. The salmon used for sushi is a fatty fish that should really melt in your mouth when you eat it, but this salmon was unfortunately very tough and unpleasant. It was difficult to chew and a bit rubbery, which made it a challenge to eat.
Jia's drink menu was fine, if a bit limited on their draft beer selection, but they had an IPA I haven't tried before which I enjoyed so I won't ding them for that. Service was rather slow, but our server was nice enough.
Our meal wasn't incredibly memorable, but prices were reasonable and it's not too far so I think we'll be back.
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