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| - I was eagerly awaiting the opening of this new poke / sushi burrito place and... was left disappointed. It's too bad because they try so hard:
- The owners are friendly and accommodating (e.g., they agreed to my request of half-rice, half-salad in my poke bowl)
- They offer BOGO (buy 1 get 1 free) poke bowl every 21st of every month
- They are really generous with their servings, with my poke bowl packed with not just a generous helping of sides but even the main protein (I got unagi and was expecting just a small piece but it almost covered the whole bowl)
- They have a greater variety of stuff versus other poke places I've been to, trying not only for "more" but also for "more creative" (especially with the toppings). For example, for protein they offer lobster, king crab and unagi besides the typical stuff. For sides and toppings, they have things like inari tofu, Japan style cream cheese, ube rice, meat floss, spicy Cheetos flakes. And for sauce, they have lobster bisque, black truffle mayo and apple jelly.
This all sounds awesome, so why was I left wanting? Well, to put it bluntly, the taste was average at best. For example:
- I got the unagi poke bowl, which was overly doused in unagi sauce so that I really couldn't taste the unagi itself
- My wife got the tempura shrimp poke bowl and she said her tempura was blandly flavoured and ratio of shrimp-to-coating wasn't good
- Cool sides/toppings I talked about earlier didn't live up to expectations, for example: ube rice didn't taste any different, black truffle mayo sauce had no truffle taste, the overly generous helping of rice drowned out the taste of the rest of the sides
So all in all, given the taste was average and on the more expensive side relative to other poke places, I'd give it another shot only during their BOGO promo on the 21st of the month. Otherwise, I'd go to Poke Eats just around the corner for a better poke bowl.
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