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| - Now here's a really shining example of what turns me on in a restaurant. First off, love the subject matter: I love sushi. Second, go with next to no expectations because the only reason you're going there is because it happens to be close to work, and you can't remember the name or location of that other sushi place your buddy took you to that was really awesome but what's its name again? Oh heck, I can't remember, let's just go to that Sakana joint across the street. Third: realize, with joy and shock that you are being served very competent sushi at reasonable prices by pleasant people.
When you walk in the door, they wisely set out example plates of the $10 lunch specials. One is a teriyaki/tempura-leaning set for the fish-challenged, the other a typical - if generous - sushi set featuring various popular cuts of fish coupled with California rolls (k-rab, but what can you expect?). I'm not kidding when I say generous. There were six noori sushi rolls, two california-style rolls, each about six pieces and one tempura roll - eel I think, definitely sweet. To get this amount of food for ten bucks would be enough, but add a nice little asian green salad and miso soup, and you're talking more food than you can actually be reasonably expected to get through in a single setting.
I'm certain that they pre-make the lunch set, but the fish was as fresh and delicious as one could be expected to find in a place whose annual rainfall is about seven inches (I'm sorry, I can't help myself). The help was swift, the service was swift and the atmosphere was very relaxed. Everyone was pleasantly surprised at what a great little place we'd found so close to work. Can't recommend this one enough. Cheers!
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