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2010-10-20
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My younger brother was set to leave town for some time, so I decided to treat him lunch at Sushi Shota… we ordered the Sashimi and Sushi set ($280 + $20 for upgrade to hot udon), plus a beef teriyaki set ($90)Sashimi and Sushi setchawanmushithe sashimi and sushi set came with a lot of side dishes, and this was first to arrive. the custard was pretty solid and very eggy and not much taste to it apart from 'eggs' - i.e. there wasn't enough dashi added to the mixture. there was no seafood but only
we ordered the Sashimi and Sushi set ($280 + $20 for upgrade to hot udon), plus a beef teriyaki set ($90)
Sashimi and Sushi set
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the sashimi and sushi set came with a lot of side dishes, and this was first to arrive. the custard was pretty solid and very eggy and not much taste to it apart from 'eggs' - i.e. there wasn't enough dashi added to the mixture. there was no seafood but only a few pieces of mushroom.... definitely no where near Naozen's.
Potato salad
mashed potato salad, iceberg, cucumber, tomatoes, fish roe
T downed this one for us, as we don't like potatoes much...
udon
thick udon, hot shoyu broth
udon was too soft for me - i still prefer the thin and chewy or flat udon noodles....
miso soup, pickles
nothing crazy good here - miso soup was just plain with spring onions.
sushi and sahimi platter
sushi: negitoro (fatty tuna & spring onion) maki, uni gunkan, salmon roe gunkan, snapper, steamed shrimp, tamago, salmon, yellowtail, fatty tuna
sashimi: octopus, lean tuna, sweet shrimp, salmon, clam, yellowtail, hirame (flounder), mackerel
whilst most of the sushi were fairly fresh, my favourite being the negitoro maki, the sashimi disappointed. the sashimi today were mostly the inexpensive kinds - something you would expect for their normal sashimi sets, rather than a premium set. we weren't given any toro save for the one piece on top of the sushi, and even so, the lean tuna which we were given was no longer fresh and was quite oxidised....it was actually inedible =(. Mackerel sashimi was nice though.
Teriyaki beef set
appetizer of korean-like japchae came with the beef teriyaki set. weird pairing, but ok.
beef teriyaki main
grilled sliced beef, mayo, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, shredded cabbage
beef was way way way too tough, and it tasted..... a lot like a burger patty for some reason
the bowl of rice was also dishearteningly your typical long-grain rice, rather than Japanese pearl rice
after being rushed to pay, we were rushed to order our flavours for ice cream too... and decided on sesame and green tea ice cream:
sesame - bits of ground sesame in the icecream for a bit of texture, different but strong and yummy
green tea - not as strong nor bitter as i would have liked - you can probably tell from the light green colour...but nonetheless edible
our meal ended with a cute cup of coffee to end, served with miniature ucc creamers
Original review + pictures:
http://gastronomerr.blogspot.com/2010/10/sushi-shota.html
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