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| - Big Huge slices of fish, my biggest ever experienced in Arizona. I could not believe it, the chef just smiled. He knew i was happy before I even put it in my mouth. the rice was fresh, partly because we went for lunch.
I started off with some warm sake, and miso soup, a must when you sit at any sushi bar. miso was good, and then after my dad and I handed our order the chef put some nice fresh wasabi, you can tell when it's fresh because of the potent smell and gooey like texture. accompanied by a very pink ginger, it was very yummy and would hold me off till the sushi arrived. First up was the Maguro (tuna) it was alright; big slices but not very fresh or flavorful, the Hamachi (yellowtail) was different, same big slice but fresh bold flavor absolutely delicious. then the Sake (salmon) which was good, not as good as the hamachi. And finally to finish off our nigiri sushi the albacore, oh my gosh, beautiful presentation with finely sliced scallions on top. This was the winner of both my Dad and I. It was sooo soo soo good. Then the rolls came out, a baked scallop roll which is a califronia roll with massago and scallop on top. and also a dragon roll which was Unagi (freshwater eel) inside with spicy tuna and avocado on the outside.
My Dad and I weren't impressed very much by the rolls(sort of sloppy in preparation and not very appetizing) but the Nigiri, well, it captured our hearts. we will be sure to come back and order some different rolls next time, I give the chef some credit, maybe he didn't have his groove on yet because it was early in the day haha, but either way, he made loyal customers out of us.
Also the atmosphere here is very quaint, family style operation run by wife and husband is what it seemed like. Very nice friendly people. great service and they gave us some complimentary watermelon slices before we left, gotta love that. Parking is great, location, well, right next to Sprouts and it's sort of a hole in the wall. but nice size once you open the door.
Sushi rolls were 10 each, and the sushi was 4.25 each, warm sake was 3.99 and I also ordered a cold one, which was 8.99. Good prices, better than Kabuki across the street and cheaper sushi price than Tokyo Lobby but the fish wasn't as good as Tokyo Lobby.
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