I happily discovered earlier this month that I had three Restaurant.com credits that came from places that had either closed or were no longer honoring their promotions. So through perusal of the selections, I found a little place called I <3 Sushi Teriyaki. Being adventurous, exhausted, and stressed does wonders for one's desire to cook, so we decided to try it out.
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| Free miso soup and a small salad with ginger dressing-- both with every meal! How exciting! |
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| Seaweed salad |
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| White Castle roll on left (tuna covered with crunchy white noodles) |
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| Eel roll on left; tuna on the right |
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| Caterpillar roll (eel, crab, avocado) |
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| Cajun roll (crawfish, avocado, other stuff deep fried) |
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| Spicy yellowtail roll |
The first thing that struck me was that we were the only people at the restaurant at 5 pm. The second thing I realized after I clumsily dropped my soy sauce dish was how courteous and friendly the staff was. The prices were very reasonable (basic rolls, like the tuna roll, were $4.50 and most of the special rolls were $10) and portion size was decent. The crunchy white noodles on the White Castle roll were all crunch with no flavor. I am usually not fond of fried rolls (that's what significant others are for, to eat what you don't like :) ) but everything else was delicious.
This is second only to Oishii Sushi in my book (which has bigger cuts of fish, but which also moved into a new location that somehow pales in comparison to their older cramped one...). I have never reviewed that one because I'm usually dining with people who would look at me like I've grown an extra limb if I pulled my camera out. And yes, the camera may be as big as my head, but it takes awesome pictures in low light.
I have sadly neglected this blog due to work, traveling, taking pictures, work, cleaning, reading, running and more work. I am loath to promise posts that never materialize (like I've done before, multiple times-- *gulp*) but I am working on a post that summarizes eating my way through Portland,
and my husband just bought a rotating Belgian waffle maker. So homemade sourdough waffles with bourbon maple syrup are in our future...... :D
