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| - Nori = seaweed. As a child I remember eating nori as a snack and to this day still love it. It's kind of funny seeing it evolve and have become the healthy form of chips and even sold in Costco. Eating nori solo is an acquired taste for some. Anyway, nori is what you see in your sushi, the part that wraps the main ingredients, just inside of the rice layer.
Going for family style for a table of 5 we chose the following:
Cold and raw sashimi:
- Toro (tuna belly) - 5 pieces of sashimi. This is my favorite because it's a firm piece of the tuna belly yet melts in your mouth. You almost have to savor the bite or bites while eating it. When these types of fish are bought in a bidding war at the fish market they are well worth the battle. $28.
- Tako (Octopus) - 6 slices of octopus tentacle with lemon slivers. This probably is not my favorite because it was just too chewy. The penetrating white color against the yellow lemon looked nice on the bed of ice. $12
- Ika (Squid) - a mini bowl filled with squid decorated with masago (those tiny little orange fish eggs). These were better tasting than the octopus by far and were more edible to chew. $5
Cooked and warm sushi:
- 2 Vegas rolls - this puts the American spin in 2 ways: the cream cheese and the fact that it's fried. This also has eel, salmon (I think) imitation crab, asparagus. If not salmon, then the imitation crab replaced it. And if not asparagus then some places use cucumber. Then the batter on the outside with some eel sauce.
- Shrimp Tempura Roll - another fried favorite. Shrimp tempura with imitation crab and asparagus. $10
- Soft Shell Crab Roll - fried soft shell crab with the same contents of the shrimp tempura. $13
Noodle dish:
- yakisoba - stir fried Japanese soba noodles with shrimp, red and green bell peppers, onions. A favorite noodle dish that anyone would love. $14
Then we decided to eat more. So we ordered a handful of nigiri raw fish on a little mound of rice.
- Tuna (maguro) = red color fish which is the basic of all fishes. It is firm in texture and robust in taste. $6
- Salmon - light peachy color with some white. This is your omega 3 fish!! Semi-soft in texture and a mild soft taste. $6
- Yellowtail (hamachi) - light white with hints of red flesh. This is considered an oily texture and intense in flavor. $6
- Mackerel (Saba) - silvery-shiny fish that is delicate and flakey in texture and salty, cured in taste. $5
- Sweet Egg (tamago) - an egg cooked to a sweetness in a rectangular form. $5
- Salmon egg (Ikura) - large translucent dark orange salmon eggs toppled into nori and glazed over rice. Light bubble in texture and salty in taste. $5
- Fresh Water Eel (unagi) - Soft fish with a sweet taste because of the eel sauce made of soy sauce, rice wine and sugar. $6
There were a couple Kirin Lite and a large sake to show the spirit of the American way: Sake Bomber.
The waitress and the owner/manager, as well as the bus boy were all spectacular in service. Our waitress always had a smile and was helpful. The owner/manager was also helpful and professional to our table. The bus boy did his best to fill waters attentively. Nori hit the spot for a Friday evening!
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