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| - Katana is a solid Chinese-Japanese fusion restaurant. It lost some top marks by me that would have made it a five-star review, but it was overall a good meal.
Delivery: I ordered during a weekday and I found my order only took about 30 minutes to arrive. I sense, however, from reviews that those who order on the weekends face an over-taxed kitchen and delivery staff. That's an important distinction because it makes the difference between a good and bad meal.
The Good: The food is high quality. My shrimp, scallops and lobster meat were large and cooked well, and the vegetables were fresh and steamed perfectly. I had an excellent specialty sushi roll that was top-notch - if I were reviewing just the fish it would have been a 4.5. The sauce was light and I didn't feel like the food was drenched in it (never something fun).
The Bad: The wonton soup was simply average. It was very salty and the two or three little slices of chopped green onion looked sad. The wontons were that thick, chewy style. The pork roll was kind of smaller than I'm used to getting, and though it was crispy outside, inside the cabbage and pork were dried out. If I hadn't been hungry I might have put it aside.
The Ugly: The rice was great...except that they didn't give me enough of it. Yes, rice. The cheapest and easiest thing to make, the product that is so ubiquitous in Chinese fast food they are actually giving it away, and yet Katana did not fill the little white Chinese container all the way up. Seriously, who does that?! Usually I'm left with excess rice at the end of an order of Chinese food, yet here not only didn't they bother to pack the rice in, they didn't even fill the container up all the way. I actually ran. out. of. rice.
I suspect that Katana might be trying to be too much, which is why the basic wonton soup and pork roll were low to average. The fish and seafood is where they excel, which was evident by what stood out in my meal. I'd definitely come back here for sushi, but for average Chinese fast food? Naw, I'll keep trying.
UPDATE: I ordered again from Katana and the experience was the same. Average sushi, average meal, and NOT ENOUGH RICE! How hard is it to give a customer a fully packed container of white rice?!
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