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| - ushi Motto opened for business yesterday, Aug 21 2010.
I wander in and am immediately greeted by a familiar face- Ann, who used to be a server at Midori, owns the place. I was actually going to turn tail when I was informed that today was opening day (worst day to try a new resto, amirite?) but she was eager to seat me so I relented. Nice reno- new darker paint job, all new furniture, new lighting, looks nice, and Ann tells me that next summer that huge patio that was never used by Indonesia or Oishii Village will finally be opened. Anyway, the menu looks fairly typical, with a decent variety of apps, donburi, teriyaki, and sushi-- rolls, "special" rolls, hand rolls, nigiri, nothing earth shattering but comprehensive.
I got a spinach gomae salad, two pieces of maguro ("tuna" on the menu) nigiri, two unagi nigiri, one yam/avocado roll, one spicy tuna roll.
Spinach gomae is beautiful! The leaves are sort of arranged vertically, not in an oozy ball of mush as I've had at other places (eg Sushi Time in Toronto, now long gone), Dressing is sweet and thick sesame, turns out it's house-made. Very nice.
Sushi comes on one plate in a bit- and what a gorgeous plate it is! So pretty! I start with the tuna nigiri, and it's... it's superb. Nice thick (but not too thick), cleanly sliced tuna, not too cold (yay!), and almost-perfect rice (could have been a tiny but firmer a la Jo's at O Shima, but this piece of fish is bigger than O Shima too). Unagi up next- also superb. I am smiling. It's warm, a little crisp around the edges, perfect melting texture, perfect amount of sauce, an absolute treat.
Rolls are almost too pretty to eat but I press on with the veggie one. A nice big chunk of avocado is enrobed with more, but not too much, of that lovely rice and then topped with a double layer of crispy yam tempura- great composition, and the taste is heavenly. Finally the spicy tuna is almost solid tuna inside (thin strip of cuke, no filler) and on top is a dot of house-made (again, yay!) spicy sauce which has a slightly sweet note to but is like no other spicy sauce I've had- it's not mayo, not sriracha, not Korean pepper, it's unique and a little fruity. Loved it.
And I loved every morself I had at this place- I am amazed, just stunned, that they could pull off what ended up being one of the best sushi feeds I've ever had (and I've had sushi at four different places this week!), ON OPENING DAY.
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