Foodie Digest

It’s Sushi Thursday. This time we combined dinner and a movie (and another comic book movies.. seems the trend for the week). Anyway, picking a destination between work and home brings us to San Mateo. Big used to go to Sushi Sam’s before he ate sushi and never remembered it being that special.

Still, it’s in the top tier category on Sushi Monster’s Big Sushi list and this guy has not steered us wrong. We try to get there early because I’ve read there can be a wait.

Sure enough, we get there and a line has started outside. We put our name in and learn there’s no waiting at the sushi bar. Score! We look at the menu and think “sushi omakase is only 8 pieces? that won’t work”. We ask and they say we can increase so we order 12 piece omakase and a seaweed salad.

and wow. We start out with a martini glass filled with a noodles, eggplant and a cooked shrimp. Was a really tasty combination.

I did not take notes during the omakase or take pictures (shame!). I do remember we had a great spicy lobster. The raw fish was all amazing, including the blue shrimp. The treatments were inventive; shiso leaf, salt, sprouts, almonds, pine nuts and more.  The only downturn was the introduction of cooked fish. But that’s only because we don’t prefer cooked fish not because they weren’t tasty.

Next time we go back we’ll likely order on our own, but I always like to start with omakase.
So lame review, I know, but really good sushi!