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| - a friend and i were in bowling green, ohio for an orientation for school and for our last night in ohio, we decided to rent a car and drive out to cleveland. she wanted to try sushi rock after reading a little blurb about it in a "discover what clevelands about" type of magazine. she liked the idea of a "live dj" haha i didnt expect much, since im pretty picky about what i consider "good" sushi. anyway, so we walk in
us: two please
hostess: do you have reservations?
us: no...
hostess: oh! its ok! right this way...
it was pretty nice in side. they have a bar area in the front and then a sushi bar in the back and a few tables here and there and then an upstairs with big booths and tables, which is very dimly lit. maybe half of the downstairs was filled but we were taken upstairs, where there were only about 3 tables taken. and then we noticed that those other tables were occupied by OTHER asians like ourselves. hmm... jokingly we said to each other "is this where they seat the asians?" but maybe we really did feel that way because as the night when on, there were more asians being sat upstairs... weird.
anyway, our waiter was very nice. great service. he recommend anything that was a sushi rock signature item. so i got the beef sushi. sounds nasty but it was this beef tenderloin in a sake and soy sauce reduction i think. very tender and very tasty! it came with two little pieces of sushi rice (like a strong vinegar taste. kind of awkward for me with the beef) and this "mushroom stick" thing, that looked like one of those cigar like pastry things with this weird tasting cream sauce with mushrooms inside. i just ate all the beef...
my friend ordered the lobster crab cakes which were pretty tasty. it came with this spicy sauce which went really well with the crab cakes.
we also ordered a sushi rock roll (Shrimp, crabstick, salmon, spicy tuna, asparagus, masago) and a rock and roll (Shrimp tempura, crabstick, avocado, cucumber). the rock and roll was just OK but the sushi rock roll was pretty good. definitely too big to try and eat in one bite.
i ordered a peach mojito which was made with peach puree. pretty tasty. my friend got one of their red wines and said it was pretty good too.
if you ever go, i definitely recommend the beef sushi.
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