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| - After a long day of driving, my boyfriend and I were craving some Japanese food. So, a quick look-up on Yelp, and we found this place. I have to admit, we drove straight past this place without even seeing it and even when our map directed us to the plaza, we still thought we were in the wrong place. The signage outside really made me want to turn around and leave, but I had to trust the reviews!
The restaurant is quite small, with only a few tables and some seats at the bar. When we came, there was only one other couple, so we had our choice of tables. We were immediately greeted by our waiter, who offered us a few suggestions of things to get. We decided on a chicken teriyaki bento with veggie tempura, along with a tootsie roll and a salmon roll. A few minutes after ordering, he brought over a miso soup (which was included with the bento) and two little dishes of cucumber salad and imitation crab. The miso soup was pretty watery and didn't have much flavor at all, but the cucumber salad was really tasty. I ate my dish as well as my boyfriend's.
My boyfriend enjoyed the chicken teriyaki. He said it wasn't dry and overcooked like some tend to be at other restaurants. The veggie tempura was nice and crisp and wasn't soggy. I thought it was kind of weird that the tempura dipping sauce was cold and not warm? Unless they are usually cold and I'm not remembering correctly? It was a little odd to have a piping hot piece of tempura with a cold dipping sauce. The tootsie roll was good, the shrimp was perfectly cooked. My favorite was the salmon roll because it tasted so fresh. I know a lot of technique and ingredients don't go into a plain salmon roll, but I liked it the best. Sometimes, its hard to pull off simple rolls.
We were really happy with all the food we got and were even happier when we got the check because we were expecting to pay a lot more! It was definitely worth trying this place!
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