Yaya Sushi
Today, my dad and I went out for dinner, he told me I could choose the restaurant. I needed sushi, you see, it was an urgent need. I think I needed my fix. I think it had been a near-month since I last ate sushi, which is just down right awful.
We went to this new Japanese place (I think its new, I am not sure) in the Jinqiao area, across from Flying Fox. I was excited, because the place looked like the legit Japanese restaurant, the kind shown in Japanese cinema. Its hard to find "real" Japanese. I won't lie, I like paying the extra money to sit in somewhere aesthetically beautiful and zen. Sometimes. But sometimes you don't want the glossy half-assed and overpriced sushi (Haiku) or the Chinese conveyor-belt sushi. This last sentence does not include the sushi conveyor-belt in the East Nanjing Lu subway stop. That place is gold.
The Inside:
The restaurant was definitely gritty, not that it mattered. And its specialty was more bento boxes than sushi. I think it had maybe three rolls (California, Philly, and Salmon). Despite the low price, the food tasted fresh and the sushi-rice was great. The free appetizer was alright: there is nothing really appealing with eating mashed potatoes, and the edaname needed more salt. However the tsukemono (I think thats what its called?) was great. I may be biased, its my favorite vegetable, its so pathetic that I don't know its name. Like I mentioned earlier the sushi was pretty decent and fresh. Nothing amazing, but I would definitely stop by again without hesitation. I wonder why they cooked the salmon in the Philly role, that was daft. All other Philly roles I have had are uncooked salmon or tuna. But no worries, it still tasted quite nice.
The free appetizer:
Sushi Combo:
Tuna Sashimi:
Philly Roll:
Sadly, the service was horrible. After we ordered our food, in under 5 minutes our first sushi was at our table. I like conversation, I don't want my meal immediately after I order. That fades the illusion of freshness and a sanitary place to eat, like I wasn't a valued customer. The second sushi plate came out within the next minute. However, the kimono-clad waitresses forgot our order, and I had to ask politely (in Chinese - they couldn't miss what I was saying) that we were missing some of our Philly Cheese rolls. I asked three separate waitresses, and over 30 minutes from getting the first sushi set, they brought it down. The same ordeal happened with our bill, it took twenty minutes and four waitresses to get it across to us. Normally stuff like that doesn't bother me, but its a Wenesday night, and I have two tests and three reports to do. I don't want to sit around waiting because the waitresses were talking! I am in the IB, I have no freetime...sorta.
The food was good, the atmosphere was decent, yet the service was bad.
*** out of ***** stars.
- Chrissy
We went to this new Japanese place (I think its new, I am not sure) in the Jinqiao area, across from Flying Fox. I was excited, because the place looked like the legit Japanese restaurant, the kind shown in Japanese cinema. Its hard to find "real" Japanese. I won't lie, I like paying the extra money to sit in somewhere aesthetically beautiful and zen. Sometimes. But sometimes you don't want the glossy half-assed and overpriced sushi (Haiku) or the Chinese conveyor-belt sushi. This last sentence does not include the sushi conveyor-belt in the East Nanjing Lu subway stop. That place is gold.
The Inside:
The restaurant was definitely gritty, not that it mattered. And its specialty was more bento boxes than sushi. I think it had maybe three rolls (California, Philly, and Salmon). Despite the low price, the food tasted fresh and the sushi-rice was great. The free appetizer was alright: there is nothing really appealing with eating mashed potatoes, and the edaname needed more salt. However the tsukemono (I think thats what its called?) was great. I may be biased, its my favorite vegetable, its so pathetic that I don't know its name. Like I mentioned earlier the sushi was pretty decent and fresh. Nothing amazing, but I would definitely stop by again without hesitation. I wonder why they cooked the salmon in the Philly role, that was daft. All other Philly roles I have had are uncooked salmon or tuna. But no worries, it still tasted quite nice.
The free appetizer:
Sushi Combo:
Tuna Sashimi:
Philly Roll:
Sadly, the service was horrible. After we ordered our food, in under 5 minutes our first sushi was at our table. I like conversation, I don't want my meal immediately after I order. That fades the illusion of freshness and a sanitary place to eat, like I wasn't a valued customer. The second sushi plate came out within the next minute. However, the kimono-clad waitresses forgot our order, and I had to ask politely (in Chinese - they couldn't miss what I was saying) that we were missing some of our Philly Cheese rolls. I asked three separate waitresses, and over 30 minutes from getting the first sushi set, they brought it down. The same ordeal happened with our bill, it took twenty minutes and four waitresses to get it across to us. Normally stuff like that doesn't bother me, but its a Wenesday night, and I have two tests and three reports to do. I don't want to sit around waiting because the waitresses were talking! I am in the IB, I have no freetime...sorta.
The food was good, the atmosphere was decent, yet the service was bad.
*** out of ***** stars.
- Chrissy
Posted by Chrissy at 28 October 2009, 9:56 PM 
Categories: Food
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Categories: Food
Tags: yaya sushi sushi waitresses food
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