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| - Located in the left back corner of a small plaza, Sushi & Bento is a clean & well-maintained shop. The family running the restaurant is friendly. Food is prepared on order, so you know it's freshly made.
Prices are a bit steep-- which I found surprising since you'd expect food in Oregon to be less expensive than California's pricey Silicon Valley or LA.
In terms of food, I can only speak for the beef bento (~$13). You get an array of small samplers including miso soup, potstickers, California roll sushi, salad, rice, and stir-fried beef.
PROS:
The beef is the highlight. They use a sweet & tangy sauce that pairs fantastically with the meat & onions. If I could get a bowl of just this, I would. The rice is perfectly cooked & puffy with a nice chew. The mixed salad is a crisp and refreshing.
CONS:
The potstickers have a strange minced filling that tastes grainy and mass-produced. I understand it can be difficult to have freshly-made dumplings on hand, but I would recommend to the shop to change whatever potsticker brand it currently uses.
The imitation crab in the sushi consists of finely shredded & mushy threads-- which makes me question its quality :( Never have I ever seen imitation crab made like that... and I've had a lot of sushi throughout my life.
Miso soup also lacks contents (no tofu or seaweed).
Overall, I didn't find my bento to be worth the price paid. Other Yelpers seem to really enjoy the sushi here though, so perhaps that would be a better option than the bentos.
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