Sunday, 07 September 2008
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Komasa sushi - Little tokyo, LA
I'm always up for a "good deal". Readings online suggested that Komasa sushi is just that.... little joint with fresh sushi at a reasonable price. I always walk by this place in Little tokyo on my way to my fav place Sushi Gen. I was looking forward to looking for a new sushi spot.
Upon entry, the place was tiny. I was glad we came early to secure a sushi bar seat. There is a sushi bar that seats about 10 ppl, and maybe 6 tables in the restaurant. Instead of ordering from the sushi chef in front of me, we were given "sushi menu" to check off our orders. I haven't had to do this for a while, usually just place my order spontaneously from the chef.
And I cont to find out more strangely, my order was placed by the chef all the way at the OTHER end of the bar. There was definitely no interaction between sushi chef and us. The chef, far away from us, rushes to make our order, grabs it in his hands, walks all the way to our side, and throws the pieces of sushi in front of us. Then without saying a word, runs back to his station. A few times I tried to stop him to ask if they had japanese snapper or large scallops. He looks at me a little caught off guard, like "why r u talking to me", and shakes his head No.... then runs off. This is the weirdest sushi bar experience ever, and quite frankly I hated it.
The sushi, while some pieces notably fresh eg yellowtail, Ebi, albacore.... There was no craftsmanship/refinement wutsoever. The Sushi was sort of "slapped together", the piece of nigiri rice crumbled apart. And the one california roll we ordered (there was serious lack of variety of sushi to order from....so i craved a generic cali roll), it was sooo poorly constructed that it was so ugly! Shit was falling out of it left and right....Please refer to pic below lol. I can't believe they even served it!
We also tried the fried chicken nuggets, which were a bit undersalted.
The two of us at around $70. But this is prolly higher than most ppl would eat. We r sushi piggies pretty much. Also we ordered uni as well as ebi. In conclusion, this was like, "fast food sushi" experience. No attention from sushi chef, no personal interaction to it at all. Yes the fish wasn't bad. Similar quality and price to say, Kiyosuzu in Arcadia. But at least at Kiyosuzu u get treated like a human being. lol. Most of the time I don't midn bad service in exchange for good food. But something about sushi.... it just was not right the way we ate......I probably will never go back to this place. I would be more than happy to pay 30 bucks more and enjoy my meal down the street at Gen.
351 E 2nd St
Los Angeles, CA 90012(213) 680-1792
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