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I am a sushi snob, and am extremely particular about my sushi.
I am going to break my review into two parts - Typical Japanese food and sushi.
Typical Japanese food: We ordered some pork shumai that were pretty good, but was served with a brown-wasabi-type paste. It tasted like wasabi, but why the hell was it brown? We also ordered pan fried pork with kimchi. The kimchi was very spicy, but good. The pork was a bit tough.
They have a whole list of special appetizers, but only about 4 were translated into english. My girlfriend asked for more translation, but the waiter told us we really wouldn't be interested in them, so we dropped the conversation on it.
My gut tells me this place has very good, and very authentic Japanese food, but I am not experienced enough in non-sushi Japanese food.
On to the sushi: We chose this restaurant due to the reviews on Yelp. We eat a ton of sushi and were excited to try a new place.
Musashi has a very small sushi menu. There are few rolls to choose from, and a medium sized menu for sashimi and nigiri.
We ordered salmon and tuna nigiri. The fish was cut rather sloppily, and my girlfriend is not convinced that we actually had salmon. The salmon was all pink, no typical white-fat lines.... why?
The rolls come in pieces of 3, which I find weird. I am typically used to larger rolls with 6 or 8 pieces. It really felt that the food was made hours before and then served up, as the rice was cold and solid - not like sushi rolled right in front of you.
We have not been back. If you're looking for really, really, really authentic Japanese food, I would head here and try. if you're looking for a great sushi experience, I would try other places in the area.
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