Sushi 88, Somerset Street, Ottawa - June 17, 2004
Hubby and I stopped in here for a quick bite on our way home from one of the pre-election debates.
Small, bright, and clean, they offered an interesting selection of sushi, sashimi and other Japanese restaurant standards.
We started out with a Japanese beer, and a water. Typically I order tea, but it was a warm night. The tropical sushi (avocado, salmon and pineapple) caught our eye so we ordered that along with a batch of shrimp and veggie tempura.
Service was a bit slow - my guess was that the waiter/owner was a casualty of a high tech layoff who hasn't quite got the gist of reading customer signals. But he was very friendly and accomodating.
The food was good - although I still don't understand why people tempura raw onions - I know it's cheap and it balances out the overall cost of the veggies, but if they aren't eaten, isn't it a waste?
(and I know this restaurant cares about that, because he gave us the option of not having rice if we were not going to eat it)
They also included some unidentifiable vegetable (daikon root?) that was very tough and bland, even with the tempura batter.
Overall cost, however, was reasonable. I'd go back.
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