Sasaya "happy happy home"
Lured in by a promotion (99 cent Sapporo), I entered Sasaya with high hopes. After all, I frequent every sushi bar on the block at least once per month and this place has been open for at least two.
The menu was difficult to read, Japanese overwhelmed the brief English descriptions. Luckily, the bartendar was happy enough to help me through the menu.
I started with yellowtail sashimi (normal enough) and tried to order the wasabi-marinated octopus. The bartendar sort of started and was like"are you sure?" -- so cute -- he said it was normal for him but not someone like me. nice. I got a free sample for my daring. It was good but too chewy to enjoy a large amount. The sashimi was beautiful, like everything presented at this place.
Before I go on, I must say that the bartender was extremely helpful and willing to answer any question I asked. The service was excellent, gracious, ....
Back to food: moved on to a calamari crepe. Gorgeous, but with a few to many of the chewy pieces. So unnecessary. But the crepe was excellent and the two sauces dazzled over it mixed swimmingly. Then salmon sushi in a special style (don't remember). I was warned that it was pressed, but not that it was smoked. Smoked sushi, some sort of egg over it (tried one, didn't like it) -- and WAY more rice than salmon. Probably the equivalent of one piece of sushi smushed over 4 rice pieces. To no avail, I was full, and couldn't even pretend to enjoy it.
Overall, I was much more happy than this review would leave you to believe. I learned a lot. I tried new things. I enjoyed some of them. After all, you can't expect to love everything you randomly pick off a menu you don't understand.
The menu was difficult to read, Japanese overwhelmed the brief English descriptions. Luckily, the bartendar was happy enough to help me through the menu.
I started with yellowtail sashimi (normal enough) and tried to order the wasabi-marinated octopus. The bartendar sort of started and was like"are you sure?" -- so cute -- he said it was normal for him but not someone like me. nice. I got a free sample for my daring. It was good but too chewy to enjoy a large amount. The sashimi was beautiful, like everything presented at this place.
Before I go on, I must say that the bartender was extremely helpful and willing to answer any question I asked. The service was excellent, gracious, ....
Back to food: moved on to a calamari crepe. Gorgeous, but with a few to many of the chewy pieces. So unnecessary. But the crepe was excellent and the two sauces dazzled over it mixed swimmingly. Then salmon sushi in a special style (don't remember). I was warned that it was pressed, but not that it was smoked. Smoked sushi, some sort of egg over it (tried one, didn't like it) -- and WAY more rice than salmon. Probably the equivalent of one piece of sushi smushed over 4 rice pieces. To no avail, I was full, and couldn't even pretend to enjoy it.
Overall, I was much more happy than this review would leave you to believe. I learned a lot. I tried new things. I enjoyed some of them. After all, you can't expect to love everything you randomly pick off a menu you don't understand.
posted by Laura at 10:26 PM
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