This sushi place is pretty off the chain - especially for Suwanee.
After being out of town on business for a few days (yes, my boy and I are still that enamored of each other), when he came back, he invited me to come out to Suwanee for dinner near his place. Deal.
I was liking the vibe of Mori House as soon as we arrived and walked into a sushi restaurant that actually felt like a pretty traditional sushi restaurant: long wooden sushi bar where you could see the sushi being prepared by the chefs, wooden paneling, indigo dyed door panels and a quiet, understated atmosphere.
Our waitress was excellent that evening - actually everyone working there was excellent. She came by multiple times during the evening to refill water glasses, advised us not to over order (good call on her part), and was prompt and courteous the whole evening. And later, we even had other employees clearing plates and asking us how our meal was so far. Very impressive.
So - the best part: the food. We did a bit of research prior to arriving (thank you Yelp), but still went with what also sounded appealing when we read the menu there. Here's what we ordered: gyoza dumplings for an appetizer, a lava roll, a rice-less Cherry Blossom roll, a rainbow roll and a Smack Yo Mama roll. Holy cow - that turned out to be a lot of sushi!
The gyoza were well prepared: crispy on the bottom, but steamed everywhere else and with a good filling of pork and veggies plus the sauce to dip them in. And then there were the rolls, good heavens, the rolls were enormous! The first we received was the rice-less Cherry Blossom roll (spicy crab and tuna wrapped in a cucumber with a slightly sweet sauce drizzled on it). Yum - the lack of rice really made the flavors of the crab and cucumber and sweet sauce pop. Next to be delivered to our table was the Smack Yo Mama roll, which was impressive in its size and elaborate presentation (it contained tuna, yellow tail, salmon and crab and topped with secret sauce, masago and lots and lots of tobiko). Very, very tasty once you could locate a single piece of the sushi underneath all the trimings on top of the roll too. The third roll was the traditional rainbow roll; you just can't go wrong with sushi and more fish of varying species layered on top. And the piece de resistance was the lava roll, which took extra time since the sauce had to be baked to perfection (a really rice-y roll of tuna and avocado, topped with masago, tobiko, bonito and a special "lava" sauce). It was quite a sight to behold and neither of us was sure just how to attack it at first. Really delicious though once you got over the initial realization that there was no way a slice of the roll could be eaten in less than two big bites. Not too spicy from the lava sauce, but a very unique and tasty roll I'd order again. And trust me, that was more than enough for the two of us. We were both really full by the end of those rolls and quite thankful our waitress had steered us away from ordering a bowl of ramen to go along with everything else. Very grateful.
I look forward to going back to Mori House again in the future - wish they'd consider opening one up ITP. read more