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I considered giving Hamaru Sushi a 4, but I think I'll stick with a 3.5 rounded down. The restaurant had two servers. The lady was knowledgeable and capable, but the man seemed a tad lost all night. His English didn't seem up to snuff, and he neglected to get us tea or bring the plate that my father requested. He also deferred to the lady a number of times throughout the night.
I live in the area, so I've known Hamaru was opening for a while now. I read Max's review and knew about the salmon cheek/head. It wasn't on the menu, so I inquired after it. I was told that it was $4.95 ish for two pieces. We were going to order it, but the lady came back and told us that she'd give it to us on the house. Score!
We ended ordering their tuna tataki roll ($11.95), their yellow tail yaki ($11.95), their pork ramen ($9.95), and their sashimi set/DS5 ($19.95). With the free somen (noodles in broth) for each person, the free salmon heads and the free green tea ice creams at the end of the meal, we were quite satisfied.
The somen was a nice way to start the meal off, but the noodles were clumped together and had to be separated. They were not overcooked. They were just stuck together. The broth was tasty though. The tuna tataki was tasty, but not as unique as I had hoped it would be. Their yellow tail yaki, while being quite generous in portion, was quite dry. Their pork ramen was tasty, especially the roast pork, which actually had a smokey flavor to it, but the broth was fairly strong on the soy sauce, and was a tad too salty. The egg in the ramen had a runny yolk, but looked like it was done in some sort of a mold, as it looks like the eggs found in McMuffins. The bamboo shoot slices in the ramen also gave the dish a strange flavor that I did not appreciate, but I understand due to the odd flavor of bamboo shoots. Their sashimi is not bad, but it wasn't particularly impressive either. The set we got had 18 pieces of sashimi, and none of them were particularly noteworthy either. Nothing fancier than red tuna. The best part of the meal were the salmon heads. Those were cooked well and generous in portion. I'd go back again just for those and a bowl of rice.
Total for four before tips was about $60 and change. Fairly good price for Japanese food (even run by Korean people).
It's nice to have another Japanese option in the neighborhood.
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