Sushi Action--wuz-sa-beeee!
Went to a recently opened upscale sushi restaurant, Meiji. First glance: nice shades of brown, with bamboo sticks along the brick wall... Although I almost walked passed the place w/o notice because it's not shouting with neon lights. A semi-lounge with dance music--trendy sushi.
A browse through the menu, and I found unusual sashimi offerings and innovative rolls. To top it off, Meiji realized one of my ideas: fresh wasabi for a price. to be exact, I got a teaspoon worth of freshly grated wasabi for $3. Not a bad price, considering the green tea is $3 itself!! This is the first sushi place I've found that sells fresh wasabi, and since I had fresh wasabi myself, I was able to tell that I wasn't getting jiffed.
The rolls were great. What stood out was the fruit roll, with mango, strawberry, avocado. Fruit roll was a nice finish to the meal, that also included the rolls with names that I forgot. What I do remember is the ice fish nigiri-- like fish larvae.. very nice.
I'll definitely be going back to Meiji again... and while the prices were high, for a dinner for 2, I ended up spending about $80... not bad at all considering the tea cost $3 each!
In the end, I would have given Meiji 4 out of 4 (because of the fresh wasabi and excellent food), but I take one away for the tea. After all, I could have ordered more fresh wasabi instead of the tea in the first place.
Went to a recently opened upscale sushi restaurant, Meiji. First glance: nice shades of brown, with bamboo sticks along the brick wall... Although I almost walked passed the place w/o notice because it's not shouting with neon lights. A semi-lounge with dance music--trendy sushi.
A browse through the menu, and I found unusual sashimi offerings and innovative rolls. To top it off, Meiji realized one of my ideas: fresh wasabi for a price. to be exact, I got a teaspoon worth of freshly grated wasabi for $3. Not a bad price, considering the green tea is $3 itself!! This is the first sushi place I've found that sells fresh wasabi, and since I had fresh wasabi myself, I was able to tell that I wasn't getting jiffed.
The rolls were great. What stood out was the fruit roll, with mango, strawberry, avocado. Fruit roll was a nice finish to the meal, that also included the rolls with names that I forgot. What I do remember is the ice fish nigiri-- like fish larvae.. very nice.
I'll definitely be going back to Meiji again... and while the prices were high, for a dinner for 2, I ended up spending about $80... not bad at all considering the tea cost $3 each!
In the end, I would have given Meiji 4 out of 4 (because of the fresh wasabi and excellent food), but I take one away for the tea. After all, I could have ordered more fresh wasabi instead of the tea in the first place.
