Sushi Sushi, Washington, D.C.

After attending Sunday morning services at the National Cathedral, Brian, Riley, and I ventured into Cleveland Park for brunch, ultimately selecting Sushi Sushi for its outdoor patio seating. It was a beautiful warm and sunny day!

Brian had never had sushi before, and it took us some effort to coerce him into willingly trying the restaurant. I think he ended up enjoying it and having a good culinary experience.

Brian stayed "safe" with his food choices, opting for vegetable tempura and chicken yakitori (those grilled strips of meat on skewers). He also sampled the miso soup and tried the salad (which had an interesting ginger vinaigrette instead of the usual sesame dressing).




Riley was considerably more adventurous, but he's an old fan of sushi. He's also quite a good Episcopalian, since he always orders a drink with every meal; this time it was a bottle of the higher-end Kirin Japanese beer. He selected three large sushi rolls. The ocean roll is a combination of salmon, yellowtail, red snapper, crab, and avocado that are flash-deep-fried just long enough to put a little crispiness on the outside of the foods before they are rolled up in the rice and nori. The sunny delight roll is basically a California roll (avocado and cooked crabmeat)with salmon on top and accompanied by a spicy-sweet sauce. The spider roll has softshell crab, avocado, scallions, and masago fish roe, also deep-fried to cook the crab and give the dish some crunch before it it all rolled up, and it same with its own mayonnaise-looking sauce.





I had been chatting too much to really make a selection and pay attention to the menu, so when the waitress came back again to take our orders, I just got the sushi combination platter. There were five pieces of assorted fish sushi and two rolls, a tuna roll and a California roll. It also came with a bowl of miso and a little lettuce salad. We enticed Brian to try the sushi rolls. He actually liked the California roll, but the tuna roll was a bit adventurous for him and he spit it out!



For dessert I got the mochi, green tea ice cream inside an odd, sticky sort of rice covering.



I think Sushi Sushi is very good. The food all had a fresh "sea" taste to it without being old and fishy and the service was solicitous. They might want to consider adding more awnings or umbrellas to their patio, since the sun quickly heats up the raw fish, but other than that, it was a very enjoyable experience.