Saturday, February 9. 2008
Chiso- On the money
The place is like your ideal life-partner: If you step up to the plate, Chiso is ready to mirror your best qualities. The service is professional, smart and warm. The prices are reasonable. The menu is varied and unique.
We had:
Crab Sunomono (crab and seaweed salad): Excellent, with big pieces of crab.
Miso Soup: thick with stewed daikon and at 2.50 a bowl, worth it.
Unagi (grilled eel): Not too grilled or over-flavored.
Saba (Mackerel): I finally re-tried saba. It was nice, not at all fishy but certainly oily.
Maguro (Tuna): Honestly, it was completely unremarkable. But we all have our neutral nights.
Negihama Roll (hamachi ad green onion): we scarffed these down as if we hadn’t eaten in a year. Very good.
Oshinko Maki (pickled daikon): I keep waiting for an oshinko roll that will raise my eyebrows with flavor. It’s unreasonable to expect this, except that my grandfather made oshinko rolls on occasion and they made me happy.
Spider roll (deep fried soft-shell crab): Made human size. Most Spider rolls are too big to eat with grace. These could be eaten without offending other diners.
Nigori Sake (unfiltered and cloudy): Sweet and cute, like a lamb… only liquid.
Okunomatsu Sake (filtered) Dry with a touch of sweet.
All for 68 bucks (without tip). The sake alone was 22 bucks.
A note on the rice: It's made with spare seasoning. Though not overdone, it was a touch broken.
I’d review Saito’s but I’m sick of sushi and my wallet cannot afford it.
We had:
Crab Sunomono (crab and seaweed salad): Excellent, with big pieces of crab.
Miso Soup: thick with stewed daikon and at 2.50 a bowl, worth it.
Unagi (grilled eel): Not too grilled or over-flavored.
Saba (Mackerel): I finally re-tried saba. It was nice, not at all fishy but certainly oily.
Maguro (Tuna): Honestly, it was completely unremarkable. But we all have our neutral nights.
Negihama Roll (hamachi ad green onion): we scarffed these down as if we hadn’t eaten in a year. Very good.
Oshinko Maki (pickled daikon): I keep waiting for an oshinko roll that will raise my eyebrows with flavor. It’s unreasonable to expect this, except that my grandfather made oshinko rolls on occasion and they made me happy.
Spider roll (deep fried soft-shell crab): Made human size. Most Spider rolls are too big to eat with grace. These could be eaten without offending other diners.
Nigori Sake (unfiltered and cloudy): Sweet and cute, like a lamb… only liquid.
Okunomatsu Sake (filtered) Dry with a touch of sweet.
All for 68 bucks (without tip). The sake alone was 22 bucks.
A note on the rice: It's made with spare seasoning. Though not overdone, it was a touch broken.
I’d review Saito’s but I’m sick of sushi and my wallet cannot afford it.
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