I'm a HUGE sushi snob. I've eaten in a little restaurant in the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo so I can say that and not be the least bit pretentious. Okay maybe a bit pretentious. That being said I've eaten at any sushi place that will let me in the door - which is pretty much all of them since I look like I could kick ass if someone denied me my sushi.
What was I even talking about? Oh right...
So I met a friend for lunch today and she suggested this new sushi place that had just opened up in place of the old Afares Cafe in Liberty Village. The menu was pretty much as expected price wise for LV - the bento boxes were ranging from $10-14 and rolls from $6-9. I opted for the maki bento and asked the waiter what that included - fully expecting for $14 some california rolls and avacado and cucumber. He told us that it was chefs choice, different every day. So now I'm expecting egg and cucumber.
Man was I ever surprised. Not only were our green teas presented in lovely flowery English tea cups - our bento's included a very tasty (though lacking in free floating seaweed) miso soup. And what a surprise with the maki! We each had a total of three complete rolls cut into 6 pieces per. One roll was a dynamite style with eel, one was tempura shrimp bits and crab, the last was crab, egg and spicy salmon. There was also a rice ball that had a bit of crab and fruit - very interesting. Last but not least there was a tempura shrimp and yam piece.
I hardly ever feel like I get my money's worth in the overly trendy area anymore. And as far as sushi goes - RAW around the corner is pricy but unfulfilling and In Japan is a disappointment at best. Sushi+ was a surprise hit that I'll be sure to be revisiting whenever I'm back there.