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| - As a devoute sushi lover, I wasn't impressed with this restaurant. I went for a casual lunch with some friends and they must have been having an off day because my experience with their sashimi wasn't as delicious as everyone else's.
The service was good, the waitress was polite and kind, the tea was perfect and the setting was quaint. The perfect start to a "hidden gem"! My friends ordered maki while I ordered chirashi (my favorite). Everything was reasonably priced (the chirashi was $17 and the maki ranged from $4.50-$12) but the chirashi didn't thrill me. It came with 2 slices of salmon, 3 slices of bluefin tuna and 3 slices of mackerel. Personally, I'm not a fan of either mackerel or bluefin tuna (mackerel is just to "fishy" for me and this bluefin tuna was .... blah) so I asked for something else. I was a bit upset to see that mackerel was one of their top selection, but I was willing to pay the extra money ($5) to get a different assortment. It came back with a beautiful serving of hamachi (yellowfin) and whitefish with a prawn on top. Yum! Definitely what I was hoping for in the first place. While the spread was nice, the sashimi itself was fairly... blah. Not buttery soft salmon, no melt in your mouth hamachi. It was alright, but I don't think I'd order it again.
All in all, we had a good time at this restaurant. Yes, the chirashi wasn't the greatest and yes, they had the watteriest wasabi EVER, but their maki was lovely and I'd like to think they were just not at their peak today. Oh well, I might try them again to see.
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