Final Thoughts: 4.29/5
It's rare that I get to go to Fremont for a meal or anything at all for that matter, but I got the chance this week. The cuisines and foods that I found most enticing around the area were sushi and Korean foods. Ultimately, this was our choice. Quite the pleasant experience overall.
Food:
Spicy Crunch Crab Salad: 4.2/5
Mixed imitation crab on the bottom and then it's topped with the crunch and some cucumbers. I'm assuming the crunch is fried tempura batter. I love the texture from this dish. It's really nothing extravagant, but all the components work well together. I ate this with the rolls because I personally think it tastes better with some rice. The cucumber gave it some of that freshness and even more crunch to top it off. The first look impression was very underwhelming, but ultimately, I did enjoy it.
T N T: 3.8/5
This is one of their baked rolls. Inside contains spicy tuna and the outside has salmon, rich spicy sauce with fish eggs. This is actually the roll that initially caught the attention of my friend and I. It was the three chili peppers and the large, red, bolded sign that read "NO REFUND!" next to it that made me want to get it. With all of that warning, I was expecting it to be some kind of ghost pepper spice of sorts, but it's not. It tastes and feels almost like a sriracha spicy. It's the painful kind of spicy too versus being a flavorful spice. It's mild for me, but try and eat at your own discretion. The flavor is quite rich from the sauce and salmon.
Mango Crunch: 4.3/5
The crunch is always one of the best parts and the rolls here really deliver on that. This roll has mango and spicy crab on the inside and salmon, avocado, spicy mayo, crunch, and unagi sauce on the outside. Very simple ingredients, but they work really well together. Anything with unagi sauce usually make it taste good, so needless to say, I did enjoy this roll. The flavors are quite balanced and I like the richness from the salmon and sauces. You can tell when there's too much mayo because the flavor overpowers the rest of the roll. This one had a good balance. The mango actually gives the roll this freshness. The flavor is subtle, but it does it's fair share in contributing.
InstaGram: 4.3/5
**Allergy warning for this one, as it does contain crushed peanuts as a garnish on top.**
The different kinds of fish is what made this roll for me. This roll had salmon, spicy tuna, yamagobo, avocado on the inside and 4 kinds of fish tobiko, green onion, nuts, spicy mayo, and unagi sauce on the outside. There are a lot of components an ingredients to this dish and they all seemed to work nicely together. The flavors are very similar to the mango crunch because a lot of the stronger flavors are from the unagi sauce, spicy mayo, and fish.
Menu: Options are available
My friend and I only got their rolls and an appetizer today, but there are other options on their menu. They have rolls, bowls, ramen, appetizers, etc., so there are alternatives available.
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Quality: Good for me
I felt that the quality was quite good. There was nothing spectacular that I could point out about the items that we received, but they were all enjoyable for me. I'm not the queen of sushi or anything, so my palate isn't trained for this.
Price: Fair for Bay Area
The prices seem normal for a sushi place. Price ranges for each roll is going to be between $15 to $20 depending on what you get. If we get technical about the ingredients though, the price might sound a little more expensive, but for bay area prices, this is going to be within the range that you'll see for other places, as well.
Service: Normal
Nothing too significant to note here. Our server was quite sweet and we only had a few interactions with her. She came in to get the order, check on us once, provide the food, and then lastly, the check. Very straightforward dining experience here.
Ambiance: Your average restaurant
It was your standard restaurant. I personally like booth tables because it's just nicer having your own closed space for me. I can be loud sometimes, so it's nice to keep my volume better enclosed in the space. There were a few tables already present, but we were able to choose a booth table. This day was on a Tuesday evening during dinner time too. Just a simple pleasant dinner today.
Location/Parking: Lots of spaces available
This plaza seems quite small, but that's perhaps because I didn't explore the other side of the parking lot. From the way I entered, this place was right in the front near the stop sign. Lots of parking spaces were left on the side, but my friend and I were each able to get a spot right at the front of the door. There were many spaces left to park though, so I don't think it would be a concern here. read more