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Edit: came back for round 2 sushi, 5 stars!!
Ala carte: fatty tuna, white fish, yellow tail, mackerel, eel(two kinds), salmon roe, raw sweet shrimp and a tuna roll.
Rice=good, seaweed=good, fish=quality!
Definitely getting bang for buck, and probably best in Charlotte, because there's nothing that compares in a 15 km radius.
*I really really want to give this 5 stars, but I can't without going back there again. It's also very biased towards the sushi side and not the teppanyaki. I sat at the sushi bar ordered omakase without barely looking at the menu at all. Little did I not know that the omakase was sashimi and not nigiri. This threw me off. I love my nigiri style and was tempted to give it back, but the chef looked pretty proud when he gave it to me, so I took it without saying anything. For once, I don't regret it!! Expectations were super low, came out of that dinner super happy.
The menu specifically said 18 pieces, and there was definitely about 24 pieces. So glad they were stingy on the amount of pieces. There was variety, a wide range that most places wouldn't give for $25 dollars USD. My top three of the dish was the yellow tail(hamachi), the white tuna(butter fish!), and sweet shrimp. I actually mistakenly took the yellow tail as fatty tuna due to the dark hue colour that it had. Typically it would be much brighter and would have more of a distinct colour gradient. Nonetheless, it tasted so rich. Typically I don't like hamachi that much since it lacks flavour, but this was like a gusher in my mouth! The white tuna was very surprising too, since I'm used to tasting it right after it's been defrosted too long or too soon. This was a perfect balance between not too rich and not too bland. The most impressive part of the dinner was The sweet shrimp. It was served raw! Why is that surprising? Most places cook it. I would say 99% of sushi restaurants serve it cooked. This chef not only had a good raw sweet shrimp that was meaty and juicy, but he also deep fried the head and gave that to me. I ate it while leaving nothing behind. It was a GLORIOUS dinnerXD. Definitely need to come back and order a la carte.
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