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| - Always wanted to try Koi. I'm a big fan of sushi and her sister sake. I adore uni and a nice crispy salmon skin hand roll. My darling wife is not however a fan of sushi. So she ordered the vegetables and tofu. Safe, right? Nice try.
She turns to me when it was delivered to the table and said, "I thought sushi was supposed to be bite size." So did I! Her tofu was three inches on a side and the broccoli was 4 inches long and the asparagus 6. The carrots were bite size if you consider horking down a whole carrot lady-like. My wife's idea of a good time is not deep-throating dinner.
So exactly what were we supposed to do with the three inch square slabs of tofu? I finally ended up sawing the rubbery stuff into bite-sized chunks. It really was rubbery. On a side note the tofu appeared to be stamped with identical 'grill' markings. I'm pretty sure these came pre-marked from SYSCO.
My UNI was ok, nothing to write home about, the spicy tuna roll was totally uninspiring. She also ordered a 'rock-shrimp' roll, thing. If they were real rock shrimp my nephew is a simian (which would make me a Monkey's Uncle).
The bill, sake and a mojito included came to $70...yes, I really did type that, it's not an error, just a F#$@ing insult to anyone who values a dollar bill. $70!...One more time $70.
The 'piece de resistance' was each bite was attended to by the sushi chefs staring at us and watching us eat, not unlike New Yorkers watching you eat lunch at a diner hoping you'll barf up a lung or go into cardiac arrest so they can have your seat and get through lunch before they must return to their cubicles in the sky. Most uncomfortable meal I've ever had in a restaurant. My wife finally jumped up and said, "I'm outta here, I'll wait for you outside".
You want real sushi at a great price without the pretentious BS, there's an all-you -can -eat place in Chinatown one block west of Valley View on Spring Mountain. I need to write a review of this place. It's in a little cluster with a Korean BBQ place. Awesome food, great prices and they're too busy to watch you eat every mouthful.
At Koi it's a ploy,
They'll take your cash and you'll dash.
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