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| - We decided to check this place out for its convenience, despite the generally poor reviews. I figured the clientele here probably doesn't know anything about sushi, so they might just be wrong.
I ordered the tiger eye, the baked dynamite, the oysters, the "snow white" yellowtail sashimi, and amaebi, salmon roe, whitefish, and mackerel sushi. Soon after ordering, the waiter informed me they were out of salmon roe. No biggie.
He also said they used to carry quail egg, but nobody ordered it. Congratulations, Mesa, even Ra manages to carry quail egg. You are a failure of a city.
The oysters came out first. These oysters were BIG, and they were topped with what appeared to be pickled ginger, a little bit of ponzu, and maybe some cocktail sauce or something. These oysters were actually very good; they were probably the best part of the meal.
Next I had the sashimi and sushi. What they called "snow white" yellowtail was really just a standard cut at a decent sushi restaurant. Their standard yellowtail is from the leanest part of the fish. This sashimi was really pretty decent. The sushi, on the other hand, was a little odd. The whitefish (they didn't specify which species it was) was cut in a long, thin strip about three inches long, which made it difficult to pick up with my fingers. The mackerel tasted overly fishy; some fishiness is expected with mackerel, but this was a bit much. It was like pure brine.
The waiter informed me that the kitchen was too busy to prepare the amaebi, so I couldn't have it (how long does it take to chop a shrimp in half and fry the head?).
The baked dynamite was pretty good; it wasn't the best I've had, but the tempura crab and asparagus they served with it was pretty delightful. The tiger eye I was not quite so impressed with; it was a bit too sweet or something, and none of the flavors really stuck out. The idea of a crab-stuffed avocado is, however, fundamentally sound.
We finished with the tempura ice cream, which would have been pretty average, were there more options than green tea ice cream.
Zushi is not going to win any awards in the amazing sushi department. But they are not too bad at what they are positioning themselves as: a trendy Japanese restaurant with a limited sushi offering. Their sushi itself is not great, but they have some other reasonably good stuff on the menu. That makes it one of the better restaurants in the neighborhood.
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