This sushi is wrong, it's not like at (fill in blank)

I had these two customers come into Sakura one night. It was really busy and we were super slammed and at that point I was an angry half Asian lady. Customer service tends to go out the door and you start working like a machine. I always feel bad (sometimes) afterwards, but when you’re worked that hard you don’t care anymore.
So they were clearly sisters. One of the sisters was being the nice and diplomatic one. The other sister was being a tart (I’m using kid friendly terms right now). She kept on saying that her rolls were done incorrectly. There was supposed to be mayo in the California roll.
There is no mayo in California roll.
Sushi rolls like the spicy tuna/salmon, etc may be different. Woodbridge Sakura tends to use the spicy mayo blend that the headchef has made. The old chef at Fredericksburg Sakura would use chirachi sauce in his spicy rolls.
Each restaurant is different. The sushi chef is an artist. He may do things differently at his store.
I talked to the head sushi chef later. He did confirm the fact that the other chef at the store she normally frequented did put mayo in his California roll.
So before you go postal on the sushi staff or chef please understand that just because a chain may have the same name it doesn’t mean things are done the same.

Nizi Sushi Place, New Jersey

So this isn’t a review of a Northern Virginia sushi place. I found myself in East Rutherford, NJ last Thursday. My favorite band Rammstein was touring in 9 cities in North America. So we got tickets and journeyed up to New Jersey. My friend and I were craving sushi and so using Google we charted our adventure to dinner and the venue.


We choose a place called Nizi Restaurant. It’s a cute little place that’s owned by Koreans. They had sushi and Korean food. I believe they also had other Japanese entrees like udon, tempura, etc. I chose a chirashi dish and my friend got a few veggie rolls.

They gave us some rice soup, which the Korean kid in me immediately cringed. I hate rice soup. My friend couldn’t eat it because she’s a vegetarian and it had seafood in it. They also offered us mussels, which I turned down. I’m really picky about mussels, I’ve found only one way I can eat them.



So we get our sushi. Star was pretty happy with her veggie rolls. My chirashi was good. I think what makes a good chirashi is the sushi rice. Their sushi rice was okay, nothing spectacular about it. The fish was average quality. Nothing really awe inspiring.

Would I come again? Sure. The staff was good and services was great.



Rating: B-
(Doing a simpler rating system.)