My dining calendar is really starting to book up with all these fantastic, new businesses opening in the area, and with the recent opening of 8000 Miles... well, let's just say this is perfect timing to turn my useless kitchen into the closet I've always wanted.
The experience I had at 8000 Miles was an exceptional one for a place that had just opened 4 days prior. Besides a bit of lag time first getting a server to our table, the service after that was on point most of the items I ordered were easily deserving of 5-stars.
My dining partner had a few more critiques for 8000M than I did, but I think that stems from our different dining styles. The menu is described as Asian-fusion and our server let us know that the beginning half of the menu leans more towards Chinese while the latter half of the menu is more Japanese. My dining partner went with a dish that leaned toward Chinese flavors, and I went with sushi.
We started with the veggie spring rolls, which were pretty plain. The menu mentioned a bunch of stuff inside the spring rolls, but to us from looks and taste, it seemed just like shredded cabbage wrapped in a wonton skin and fried. I likely wouldn't get this again, plus you only get two relatively small spring rolls for $4. I could understand if there was a decent mixture of veggies, but there really wasn't and this dish just fell kind of flat for me.
Next up, I had to get a bowl of miso because it's tradition for me at any place that offers it. The miso was perfect... albeit about a dollar more than it would have been at other area restaurants, I can be okay with that for good this dish was.
My partner got the Buddha's Vegetables plate ($9) that's a mixture of shanghai bok choy, broccoli, carrots, winter bamboo, smoked organic tofu and napa cabbage wok tossed in vegetarian oyster sauce. It looked good, but again, the dish was just lacking a bit of something. The flavor wasn't spectacular and it would've been nice to see the dish come with a soup or salad or something, but it's a decent vegetarian option, not great. Certainly deserving of 3-stars, but fell short compared to what I'd ordered.
Like I mentioned, my meal consisting of various sushi plates was pretty spectacular. Or at least most of it was. The only exception being the Harvest Roll ($9) with daikon, carrots, cucumber, avocado, Japanese squash, tempura sweet potato, and asparagus, wrapped in soy paper. To me, the Harvest Roll was lacking flavor beyond tempura and I'm really not a fan of that when it comes to sushi. The Spice Lover's Roll with Tuna was absolutely phenomenal. Probably one the best roll's I've ever had (coming from spice lover). I'll absolutely be getting at least one of these on every one of my return visits. Another must: Crispy Rice (house sushi rice is crisped and formed into squares, topped with a mixture of spicy salmon, sliced jalapenos, scallions, tempura spinach and beet crunch) at $8 for 4 pieces. I couldn't get enough of this item found on the small plates menu.
8000 Miles would be a a great girl's night hang, but a little loud to try anything more intimate than that.
Musts:
-Crispy Rice (small plates)
-Spice Lover's Roll w/ Tuna
-Miso Soup
Mehs:
-Spring Rolls
-Buddha's Vegetable
Not perfect yet, but has enough stars on the menu to warrant the early declaration of future and frequent return visits from yours truly. read more