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| - It's late on a Sunday night and the BF suggests trying out the original Osaka after having visited their second location a few weeks back.
Walking through the front door, you immediately face a wall. Not the most feng shui I'm sure, but make a right down the hall and you'll see another entrance which brings you right to the sushi bar. I noted to the BF that this location was way smaller, and he then pointed out they had more room in the back. We took a walk down there after eating to check out their tatami room (lots of space), semi-private booths, and a hibachi grill area too. They are pretty fancy here with slide shows running on a computer screen at every booth in the back. I would be even more impressed if it was a touch screen where you can order all your food by pressing your selection. That would be super high tech!
Anyway, back to the review and the food. The menus are pretty much the same at both locations, for the most part. From their late night happy hour menu, this is what we ordered:
* Shishamo ($2.80) - It came with three pieces. Again a bit tougher than what I'm used to. They seasoned it with black pepper, but I asked for some salt to give it a little more kick too.
* Korean-Style Spicy Chicken ($4.50) - It's literally stir-fried chicken with Korean spicy sauce on a bed of lettuce. I wasn't sure if the lettuce was garnish or to eat. Oh well, I ate it.
* Crazy Horse Roll ($4.20) - It's tuna, salmon, masago and mixed together with spicy sauce. It's a very basic roll, but pretty good.
* Fire Roll ($3.90) - Crab meat and spicy sauce. Unfortunately, it looks like the CA rolls you buy from the supermarket, but without the avocado in it. It had a bit of kick in it.
And from their regular menu:
* Ankimo ($6.95) - Monkfish liver...oh how I love this stuff. It's an acquired taste. I like to soak my chunk in ponzu sauce and then break off a tiny piece and savor each little morsel. The BF likes to dunk his piece into the sauce and then toss the whole thing in his mouth. He likes to then mush it around in his mouth. Haha!
They are known for their exotic and colorful rolls, and they can be a bit a pricey. It's our unfortunate luck that the only two rolls we ordered were so visually boring.
Service: It wasn't too busy this late in the evening. A handful of people at the bar and few people at the tables. The BF had to ask for his soda to be refilled and the waitress never came back with his drink! When he asked for it, the waitress got him another one. Then a few minutes later, she came by and took his drink away! (We were wondering why she did that.) When she came back with his drink, she said she was refilling it again. (I guess to make up for his drink disappearing in the first place.) The BF asked for my own pot of tea since I'm a big tea drinker and to save them the trouble of having to refill my teacup every five seconds.
One waiter came by twice to take away dishes that we weren't done yet. In the process, he would try to squeeze in between us to reach for the plate, only to realize there was still food on it. And finally at the end of our meal when the plate was clearly empty, then he asked if he could take it! We were amused. And actually, when we are both done sharing a plate, we actually put it to the side to help them out for that reason - so they don't have to reach in between a couple of lovebirds. Duh!
Don't forget that you can get a 10% coupon when you visit their website!
(Yep, there's pics of our food eats in the business profile!)
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