Monday, May 05, 2008

• Wasabi.

  

  It's a newer sushi restaurant on Washington Ave, near the Metrodome. It's kind of amazing, in this unassuming building, there are 2 restaurants, a bank, a salon and an interior design firm.

  

  Inside is a very vaulted ceiling with exposed rafters and trusses making every noise bouncing here and there. There are also a couple of tempayakki grills. Sushi places can be rather identical but what made me think of this place were their prices. It's a little more easy on the wallet, for example their nigiris are $3 where it's usually $4.5 or even $5 for two peices.

  

  Shrimp with vegetable tempura w/ lots of panko bread crumbs. MMmmm, why can't more things be deep fried with panko bread crumbs; peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, spaghetti and meatballs, tennis rackets

   

  Husband's entree: Steak with terriyaki sauce. Unfortunately the only thing good on the plate was the salad. The steak tasted - STEAMED-like, w/ no flavor and lot of narly or grisel peices.

  

  Me: Chef's 16 peice with 2 rolls. I felt like I got ripped-off from this. Usually it's pre-decided by the sushi maker with what fish will be used with the simple idea that a LARGE VARIETY of fish will be used, but as you can see there are so many same fish nigiris!  I know, I sound like a total food-snob, but you see? We would have gotten a better deal if we chose the nigiris a-la-carte with very different pieces, instead of 3 orders of yellow tail and 2 orders of salmon - you know what I mean?

  So, although I love sushi, I think that this was the most uneventful, boring, not great tasting sushi dinners I've had; and it doesn't take that much to amuse me either.

  

  Thankfully, I found some solice from their bathrooms. 

   

  - Happy eating and living!

   

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