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There's a sushi restaurant we go to often with Matt's sister and her husband. Last night we went to celebrate a couple of birthdays for friends of theirs. We got to the place, Flirt Sushi in Allendale, at about 8:15 and were seated at about 8:40. Saturday nights are not typically extremely busy for this place, especially later in the evening. Last night was PACKED! The owner wasn't there and he usually keeps the peace and orders the chaos.
Our waiter didn't know what Uni (urchin) was, so we (happily) got four pieces of Unagi (eel) Nigiri for free! The Uni, when it finally did come, was NOTHING like the Uni we had on the West Coast - at all; it was bitter and reminded us why we don't usually order it. Our drinks were constantly dry and we were chasing down other waiters for wine bottle openers.
On top of that, toward 10:15 or so, we wanted a couple of "last rolls" and were told that they had RUN OUT OF WHITE RICE! How does a sushi place, that's so popular and established, RUN OUT OF WHITE RICE?? We ordered our last rolls with brown rice, and they were fine - a little nuttier. It's one thing to order - by choice - to have the rolls done up with brown rice and another to have that rice forced upon you because of bad planning. We got out of there around 11:20 and went to a diner for dessert and coffee.
Aside from all that stuff, we did end up having a good time. Great conversation, stories, discussions, and jokes. And we ate too much sushi.
Our waiter didn't know what Uni (urchin) was, so we (happily) got four pieces of Unagi (eel) Nigiri for free! The Uni, when it finally did come, was NOTHING like the Uni we had on the West Coast - at all; it was bitter and reminded us why we don't usually order it. Our drinks were constantly dry and we were chasing down other waiters for wine bottle openers.
On top of that, toward 10:15 or so, we wanted a couple of "last rolls" and were told that they had RUN OUT OF WHITE RICE! How does a sushi place, that's so popular and established, RUN OUT OF WHITE RICE?? We ordered our last rolls with brown rice, and they were fine - a little nuttier. It's one thing to order - by choice - to have the rolls done up with brown rice and another to have that rice forced upon you because of bad planning. We got out of there around 11:20 and went to a diner for dessert and coffee.
Aside from all that stuff, we did end up having a good time. Great conversation, stories, discussions, and jokes. And we ate too much sushi.