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| - I love the concept of this place! Another reviewer called it a Subway for sushi, and it's a good one. I think I called it Chipotle for sushi, which isn't very far off either.
It's a cute little place- you go in, line up, and a row of tv screens tells you how it is their business works. The staff, too, are very nice and make sure to ask if you've been there before and understand how it works.
Basically, it's a build your own sushi roll bar. You can order a premade roll, or you have a certain number of options you can choose when it comes to making your own roll. You can use seaweed or soy paper, white or brown rice, and x number of veggies and meat toppings.
I wasn't keen on a roll, so I wound up getting a bowl (which is very much like chirashi! And I LOVE chirashi!) I got white rice, topped it with cucumbers, avocadoes, and cream cheese. (You get up to 3 'veggie' toppings in a certain selection.) I then had half and half spicy salmon and smoked salmon for my meat, and topped it with masago, because I love killing tiny little fish babies when I eat. I loved their selection of toppings, they had everything from kewpie mayo to creamy miso.
It was really all quite good. I'd say 3.5 stars rounded down to 3. The rice was so so- I rather wish they had fresh rice out of a cooker instead of preportioned, flattened between paper rice. It still sort of held that shape when I started eating my bowl, which wasn't very convenient. I love the selection of ingredients, and I love that you could mix and do half and half for your fish. I love love that they had tamago and the types of sauces that they had. And for all that I DID get, with all the extra stuff I put on it, my bowl came up to about $10. Not bad at all.
It's a neat place, go check it out and go again. Don't expect world class sushi, but it's fresh, inexpensive, and not subway. They're generous with their ingredients, the staff is nice and friendly and it's a great concept. Just note that parking also gets a bit hairy- it's a tiny lot they share with a lot of other businesses.
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