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| - Sorry Yelpers, but I disagree with the previous reviews.
Maybe they've changed ownership? But they are not Japanese-operated, the chef and all the waitstaff are Korean. It looked like a small family run business though.
Also, not particularly authentic.
However if you live in the area, and are craving sushi and don't want to go far, and willing to pay for it, this is could be your place.
Foodwise - overall fairly bland tasting fish, portions small. But freshness was decent. Temperature of the fish was just right.
Agedeshi tofu - could taste the flavor of the tofu (nice and fresh) but drizzled with a sweet sauce (rather unusual for agedeshi); dipping sauce on the side (not very flavorful), and without bonito.
Sunomono seafood salad - nice assortment of different types of kelp. But seafood consisted of one piece of fake crab (pollock), one small shrimp, and four quarter-sized 2mm thin tako (octopus). Yikes.
Wild salmon sashimi - looked and tasted sub-par. My SO and I rock-paper-scissored to see who HAD to take the last piece! White tuna and regular tuna nigiri slightly more flavor. Black Dragon roll was better - shrimp tempura inside a roll, covered with avocado (perfectly ripened) and few slices of unagi (again needed more flavor).
Service is attentive. Restaurant is small and quaint. Busy with the neighborhood crowd, mostly youngish families and takeout.
$50 plus tax. No alcohol. Neither of us were full, and we are both small eaters.... paying for convenience as we were in the neighborhood, I guess.
Sorry but I don't think we will go back. Didn't seem like just a bad night, unfortunately.
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