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| - Where did all these poke spots suddenly come from? Man, either I'm super picky or this place is just not good! I'm a big fan of Poke Express and sorry this place just does not compare.
Pro- sushi to go looks decent. I have not tried it though.
Cons- portion size for price, inconsistency, blandness, stingy on ginger, and "hands on" mixed approach
Let me explain. My friend got the same thing as me but her fish scooper gave generous heaping scoops of fish. My scooper gave precise to the line scoops which in the case of the tuna ended up being 5 tiny pieces. I think it should be consistent.
So I got the To see roll special. They place the fish (several kinds),the toppings, the rice, and the sauce in a silver mixing bowl and proceeded to MIX IT all up together like a big MUSH. It looked like dog food at that point. I don't see the point of this? Why not place the rice in the bowl then possibly mix the fish with sauce then place the toppings on top? Now I didn't want to eat all the rice but I had no choice since all the toppings and fish was mixed in with my mixture. It reminded me of when I was a kid and we took mustard, egg, relish, ketchup, oatmeal and a bunch of stuff and mixed it all up and then dared each other to eat it.
So she takes the mixture and places it by hand back on to the lettuce in the bowl. Maybe that's how some people like to eat poke all mixed up but not me. I was just so turned off by this woman mixing it smashing the ingredients together with her hands. It would be great if they explained this to customers or notes it somehow that this is how they do it since it's not how most poke places do it.
It was our first time and we let that be known and no suggestions were given by the employees.
On to the taste- it was bland. I asked for some ginger and the employee I asked gave me 2 slices in a plastic cup. It only filled 1/3 of the cup. When I asked for a little more she filled it up with one more piece. I didn't think asking for a full tiny plastic cup of ginger was that big of a deal.
I decided to save my comments to myself and asked my friend how she liked it. She began to pour soy sauce on top and told me it was bland and tasteless. I did the same. I would never do this anywhere else I've had poke.
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