"Yumei" the word for famous in Japanese is an established neighborhood favourite in the beach, and our friend Martin's as well.. I did put up a protest as I don't enjoy going to generic sushi places especially ones that have also Korean dishes on the menu. However there were many surprises during the meal prompting me to even write about the experience.
My enthusiasm for food gave my dining companions the confidence to let me take the reigns and order our dinner which I did with gusto.
We ordered a sashimi boat for the 4 of us, eliminating the octopus and surf clam pieces and requesting additional butterfish, which is my very favourite sashimi as it just melts in your mouth like butter. The server then upsold us with their specialties of the evening including abalone sashimi.
The makis were very big bites and loosely rolled so they fell apart.
All in all it was a fun night and I would probably go there again if I'm in the East end..