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Haru is a sushi place nestled in Mackenzie Towne. It's pretty inside, very IKEA-esque, with pleasant wait staff and food that comes out at lightning speeds.
I ordered the spinach gomae and got a ball of spinach smothered in their sesame dressing. It was like someone had started to pour the dressing on and took a phonecall mid-pour, then realized they had to serve it, saw there was no spinach left, and decided, eff-it; here you go! While the dressing was tasty, it was the equivalent of eating soggy spinach in cold gravy.
The veggie tempura was delicious. I appreciated that it wasn't one giant slice of sweet potato, a bunch of undercooked onions and mushrooms, and a piece of broccoli that's too big to eat elegantly. That's usually the assorted veggie tempura I've come to expect from most sushi places in town. Haru's assorted veggie tempura had pumpkin, asparagus, mushrooms and sweet potatoes, and it was crispy and not greasy in the least.
Their veggie tempura and avocado rolls were my favorite of everything that I had ordered. There was a decent rice to filling ratio, and the avocado was appropriately buttery. My friend ordered their takoyaki, tuna and salmon sashimi. He said that it was decent, but not the best; out of the three, the takoyaki was the the best.
The waitress was also unaware if they carried unfiltered sake or not, but I did appreciate that she brought out the warm (read: molten lava-esque) sake wrapped in a little napkin kimono to protect his fingers. My teacup was not wrapped and was nuclear to the touch, but I liked the slightly smoky flavor of their green tea.
All in all, this is a decent mid-range sushi restaurant in the middle of suburbia. A place for soccer moms to escape, and treat their preschoolers to something that isn't baby carrots and kraft dinner. I know, because they were there.
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