Sunday, May 25, 2025

Suspicious Hiro

Sushiro, fries beer

Sushiro (,十一十二十三十四十五十六is a pretty good place for fries and beer. #notjustsaying. Their fries are pretty decent IMNSHO and their mugs of Suntory have consistently been served satisfyingly chilled. Anywaysss...another compilation of eats. Some new, some old...some kokumi, some cold. 🤔 What's that last one again?

Sushiro, salmon ikura gunkan

Shake and ikura gunkan. Nice with those pink fatty slivers of salmon and bursty briny roe.

Sushiro, mentaiko mayo gunkan

Guilty pleasure of mentaiko and mayo gunkan.

Sushiro, sujiko wrap

Sujiko is apparently in season.

Sushiro, aburi shirako sujiko wrap

What's better than a sujiko wrap is a sujiko wrap with aburi-ed shirako! This one was both briny and creamy.

Sushiro, uni croquette
Sushiro, uni croquette
Sushiro, uni croquette

Uni croquette. The inside was hot, smooth and creamy. This was nice but I'm not sure what to make of the inside because I'm not sure if I tasted uni or not. But it's nice.

Sushiro, corn mayo gunkan

We've never gotten the corn mayo gunkan before so here's a first. Those firm corn kernels were not bad tasting. 

Sushiro, houbou nigiri

Houbou nigiri. Red gunnard. Fish was freshly fried and pretty good eating. Crispy tail's edible.

Sushiro, uni butter dry ramen

The uni season brings their uni butter dry ramen. Noodle texture aside, this wasn't bad with the uni and uni cream sauce and butter. There's onions and shiso to cut through the creaminess.

Sushiro, toro lumpfish caviar nigiri

Tuna toro with lumpfish caviar. Needs more caviar.

Sushiro, matsukasa cut squid shoyu nigiri

Matsukasa cut squid aburi-ed and glazed with shoyu. Quite nice. Better than the generic raw variety because the torching imparts the squid-y flavour.

Sushiro, uni avocado lumpfish caviar wrap

Uni & avocado with lumpfish caviar wrap. I liked this. Ordered it with low expectations and it turned out pretty good and creamy. Pretty sure there was something citrus like yuzu in it. Have had this a few times. Nice.

Sushiro, okra seaweed miso soup

Miso soup with seaweed and okra.

Sushiro, strawberry panna cotta

Strawberry panna cotta's not great. The pudding tasted like a thin strawberry milk. Most of the strawberry flavour came from the sauce and those seriously chilled diced bits of fruit.

Sushiro, edamame tempura

Edamame tempura. Think the bean clusters were held together with mashed potato.

Sushiro, salmon hokkaido cream cheese

Salmon with Hokkaido cream cheese and basil pesto. Nice. Cream cheese added an enjoyable creamy richness to this.

Sushiro, salmon camembert

Salmon with Camembert. Not as tasty as the one with cream cheese. Camembert was muted in flavour.

Sushiro, shiojime cod tempura
Sushiro, shiojime cod tempura

Shiojime cod tempura. Looked nothing like their product shot. Fish was a lot smaller. This tasted like fish and chips on rice. Did not taste bad at all but I expected a much bigger piece of fried fish.

Sushiro, shiojime cod

Not feeling much with the shiojime cod. Yes this was the raw version of the previous fish. Meat was firm but didn't have much identity.

Sushiro, puchi puchi tobiko mozuku gunkan

This was puchi puchi tobiko mozuku gunkan. Gemini tells me that puchi puchi is an onomatopoeic word that sounds like the popping or bursting of bubbles. In other words, bursty. I get it. Tobiko is flying fish roe and mozuku is a type of seaweed. Flavour's vinegary.

Sushiro, chicken meatball gunkan

Chicken meatball gunkan.

Sushiro, marinate sesame japanese sardine

Sesame marinated Japanese sardine. Not fond of this one. The marinate stripped most of the natural character, both flavour and texture, from the fish. There's some yuzu flavour in it which wasn't enough to win me over.

Sushiro, hotaru ika in squid ink

Marinated hotaru ika in squid ink. Strong briny and squid-y flavour. No squid ink taste. Pretty salty. Wouldn't eat it again.

Sushiro, crabstick mayo gunkan

A guilty pleasure of shredded crabsticks and mayo.

Sushiro, aglio olio

Menu called this aglio olio. It's kinda it. Japanese udon aglio olio I suppose. Garlicky and spicy with loads of small meaty clams. This was delicious with a few squeezes of shoyu. Nice! 👍🏼

Sushiro, cheese datemaki melba

Current seasonal dessert is cheese datemaki melba. I'm not sure where the 'cheese' part came in but I like the eggy datemaki. Soft serve on the side has a nice vanilla taste.

Sushiro, Suntory
Sushiro, beer

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