sushi

[redbird]

On Monday I remarked to adrian_turtle that I hadn't had sushi in too long, and she suggested doing something about it. I mentioned the idea to cattitude, and the three of us met for lunch today at Cafe Sushi (1105 Mass Ave, Cambridge).

They're surprisingly good--we'd never been there before, but the sushi places we previously liked have closed down, so it was time to try something new. The restaurant is very plain-looking, but when we arrived a few minutes before they open there were other people waiting to go in.

I was first impressed by the server, for answering our questions helpfully. The "chef's special sushi lunch" includes a roll of the day; I asked what today's was, and she said she didn't know but it's usually spicy salmon or spicy tuna. I thanked her, saying that "spicy" was what I needed to know, and she offered to have them make it non-spicy. Even better, when I ordered that, she double-checked that I can eat wasabi.

My lunch also included six nigiri, which the server offered to explain to me: six kinds of fish, each with a bit of a different seasoning on top, I don't remember all of them , but the tuna was topped with bits of pickled wasabi. I was also pleased with the mixed salad that came with the lunch special, and Cattitude liked his pickle appetizer, though Adrian wasn't impressed by her seaweed salad.

I made sure to get their business card, as a reminder to myself of the restaurant I liked.

Comments

[rushthatspeaks]

Cafe Sushi is not just consistently one of Boston's most critically acclaimed sushi places, but regularly makes 'top ten of the East Coast' lists in lists which include NYC. I treated myself once to a kaiseki dinner there once, after having to do an extremely hard thing, and it was the only meal I've had in this country that tasted like the food I ate in Japan.

Also their wait staff are uniformly great, they maintain prices mere mortals can afford, and you can get in without a reservation. I recommend the pressed sushi, an entire category of sushi that I've never seen anywhere else in the U.S..

I'm glad about the restaurant name and unprepossessing appearance, because otherwise I don't think it would be possible to get in.

[redbird]

There's a place in Arlington, on Mass Ave across from the library, that does pressed sushi. cattitude quite likes it; I tried it once, and wasn't impressed with the non-pressed sushi lunch I ordered.

[minoanmiss]

*mkes a note*