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I went with a Hop Drop & Roll, which came from a can rather than a draft, but it was fine and very cold which made it perfect. My wife got a Cucumber Basil cocktail, which she said was a little sweet but otherwise tasty.
For our appetizer, we tried the Tiger Shrimp. What we expected: shrimp with some sort of mild dipping sauce and some inedible vegetation garnish. What we got: eight large perfectly-cooked shrimp, in a relish/sauce that was truly surprisingly spicy and contained cucumber, avocado, onion, and some other indistinguishable but delicious ingredients. They also came with four rice cakes which allowed us to make sort of open-face shrimp tacos, which were delicious. This appetizer was really amazing, and it had us excited for what was to come.
The main haul for the evening included the following:
Tofu avocado roll
Spicy salmon roll
Philly roll
UFO roll
Rainbow roll
Uni nigiri
Salmon nigiri
We came hungry and ate it all. I will spare the details of what each roll contained as it's readily available online, but suffice to say each roll was excellent. I can only speculate the philly roll was good, since I don't "roll" with cream cheese in my sushi, but my wife enjoyed it very much.
A few highlights:
The tuna and salmon on the Rainbow roll were very good, but the yellowtail was a special cut of fish that night. It had a subtle, clean sweetness that I'd never experienced before. I really enjoyed that.
I'd seen the UFO roll mentioned here on Yelp before and decided to try it. I'm normally not a huge fan of tempura fried sushi rolls, but I'd order this again in a heartbeat. The varying contrasts and flavors along the sauces drizzled over each piece were really delicious.
My favorite bite of the night had to be the uni. You know how avocado is sometimes referred to as "nature's butter"? Well, after popping the uni into my mouth, my first thought was that uni is the "butter from the sea". It is so creamy, rich, and briny, it just tastes like something Aquaman would make to impress a date. It's not cheap at $4/piece, but it was well worth it and I won't be able to come back here without getting at least one.
Service was impeccable, decor was pleasant, and the food was killer. I'm happy to say that the next time we're feeling sushi, we won't have to think about where we're going to go.
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