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| - After hearing great things about SASA- and people claiming it had the best sushi- a few friends and I went to SASA last night for a quick get-together and to celebrate restaurant week.
We went a little crazy and ordered a bunch of small and large plates off the menu. For the prices, I felt that SASA is a tad overpriced. Don't get me wrong, the decor and ambiance are great- a cool restaurant to just chill or bring a date (actually it's a great date place), but... in terms of catering to a foodie...it's ok.
My friend and I both ordered different teas. I ordered the ginger peach tea. Given, it's great, good quality tea... I wanted my tea..well, in tea form rather than a tea bag- given to me in a plastic wrap box which I had to open. Umm.. ok. (Other places, however, have given me actual tea bodum presses...)
The waiter seemed a tad distracted with everything- I kept trying to grab his attention, and he kept leaving the table before I could get my full order in. Nonetheless, it wasn't that big of a deal-
In terms of food (which is all we really care about, right?):
Small plates:
- SASA fries:- Mmmm. Potato-y fries seasoned well, with BBQ and another yellow sauce for dipping. Those were quite filling and tasty.
- Shrimp Shumai- although they were tasty..they're definitely not shumai- which would be with pork. They were very very soft, and filled with shrimp..and maybe crabmeat? It was good- but a very deceiving name. Maybe it should be called a soft shrimp dumpling.
-Wonton Chips with Salsa- umm. Just deep fried wonton skins, and the salsa, wasn't really salsa...not spicy at all, and where was the pineapple in it? Nice presentation-but I was not impressed with the plate.
-Some shrimp on skewers (maybe this was a medium plate)? -nonetheless, they were just that- 3 small shrimp on a skewer. Definitely not table worthy to share.
Medium plates:
-Kalbi- definitely overpriced for the amount you get. It was seasoned ok..
-The Rock- kinda cool. The rock is a hot rock, which you can cook little pieces of meat on...but there's really not that much meat for the price you pay.
-Panko soft shell crab- was kinda tough..and had too much panko on it.
-Sushi rolls: I can't remember which specialty roll we got, but it was good with fish roe on top. Not as nicely made, but it was a good taste. The SASA fire roll was cool to look at- they wrap the roll up in foil, then light 151, so the plate comes to you on fire...but the roll itself..is meh.
Desserts:
-Brownie with green tea ice cream- kind of a flat brownie. I think it would be good if they made the brownie thicker and warm, and placed green tea on top with some type of chocolate shavings on top of it..
- Yam with pumpkin ice cream- that was actually really good. They carved out a yam, whipped it with pumpkin, then put pumpkin ice cream on top...Mmmmmm. That was a good dessert. Although, my friend happened to take all the ice cream in one spoonful, and we were just eating the yam at the end. haha.
So...SASA was alright... I wasn't really full at the end though... maybe I need to try the sake with the food next time or something....
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