We we just came back from the Sushi Room for the second time. This place is great. I never really liked sushi before. I'm also a vegetarian so I don't eat fish. I usually just get something tofu. The Sushi Room, however, has a decent selection of vegetarian items and it makes me have to think about what I want as apposed to saying, "Well, there's only one thing I can get, so that's what I'm getting."
The last time we went to The Sushi Room, Gina started with their vegetable miso soup. The presentation was great. They bring out a bowl with the vegetables nicely arranged. The broth is stored in a tea kettle which you pour over the vegetables. Gina allowed me to taste the miso soup. Every miso soup I've tasted had an overpowering tofu taste but The Sushi Room's miso is pleasent. The broth is very tasty.
So tasty that my ban on miso soup ended and ordered it to start tonight.
Previously I ordered the vegetable crunchy roll. The crunchy rolls are tampora rolls and are very good (Tampora means lightly fried for us Occidentals) I really enjoyed the vegetable roll last time and this time I wanted to stay with the crunchy roll theme so I got the shitaki mushroom crunchy roll. Again this was a good choice, I'm starting to think that you can not make a bad choice at this place.
They give you three sauces to dip the rolls into. They give you a regular low sodium soy sauce, a wonderful passion fruit soy sauce that is their own creation and a citrus vinagerette. My favorite is the passion fruit soy sause, it goes wonderfully with the crunchy rolls.
The last time we went, they served us a passion fruit ice tea that is very good. However tonight they served us regular ice tea. I don't know why, you may have to ask for it. If you go, ask for it.
Gina ordered a volcano roll that she said was the best she ever had. I'm guessing that means it was good.
The last time we went, we got the banana tampora for dessert because I'm a sucker for fried banana. Whenever I go to a Thai restaurant I get either the banana tampora or Thai donuts. Their banana tampora wasn't bad but it wasn't the best I've had.
This time it was Gina's choice for dessert. We took our waiter's advice and got their chocolate vesuvius. Dear god, this was amazing. It was three layers of chocolate bliss. On top was chocolate mousse. In the middle, chocolate cake. On the bottom, regular cheese cake and chocolate cheese cake. For an extra touch they give you slices of strawberries, the best berry for chocolate. The next time we eat at Sushi Room we are going to try our waiter's other recommendation and try the cheesecake tempora.
Speaking of our waiter, we were waited on by a great waiter named Brad. He was the waiter we had first and we requested him again because he was so great. He is not unique either, from what I've observed, the waitstaff is spectacular. Don't worry though, you can't go wrong with Brad.
The greatest thing about this place has to be the prices. The first time we went, we spent a total of $27. That was a miso soup, one order of six crunchy rolls, a tuna sashimi salad that contained large pieces of tuna and the banana tampora for dessert. Tonight we ordered a bit more, two miso soups, two orders of crunchy rolls, the volcano roll and the chocolate vesusius for $43. For a wonderful enviroment, wonderful service and the best Japanese food I've ever had, I would of ended up paying $80 somewhere else.
So if you want sushi and you want good sushi. Go here. There is no reason to go anywhere else. They are located on Young Circle in Hollywood, east ajacent to Mama Mias. If for some reason you want Italian, they will bring you a menu from Mama Mias and fetch it for you (why, I don't know). They also serve sake (It's on their sign, they must have good sake) I don't drink so I don't know anything about how that is though.
Post a comment