We went to Blowfish Sushi for dinner recently. Suzanne had been there before but I hadn’t … and I’ve been jonsing for some sushi for a while.

I was not disappointed. We started out with drinks. A Lychee Sidecar (kan no ko Japanese whiskey, orange liqueur, fresh lychee & lemon juice) for Suzanne and a Hitachino Red Rice Ale for myself. The Ale was nice, not too beery tasting, and pleasantly creamy:

We started the meal with Seaweed Salad (mixed greens, marinated seaweed & cherry tomatoes with a creamy carrot dressing) and tempura. Alas there is no pic of the tempura. But it was tempura, it looked like any other tempura I’ve had.

The salad was nicely done. The tempura, however, was a bit heavy & greasy. It lacked the light pleasantness that tempura aspires to.

Having finished our cocktail & beer, we had saki. Specifically, Murai Family Nigori — Genshu (tones of pineapple, coconut & vanilla). This was a very nice cloudy sake, served cold. Very refreshing.

Next up was the Sushi! A Dragon Roll (tempura shrimp, cucumber topped with unagi & avocado) and Spider maki (soft-shell crab, masago, shiso, avocado, sprouts).

Also up was a plate of various nigiri sushi.

Clockwise from the top left: Inari (sweet tofu wrap), Yaki Hotate (seared scallop), Hamachi (yellow tail), Tamago (egg cake), Uni (sea urchin), Tobiko (flying fish roe), Maguro (tuna).

All the sushi was just great. I will go back on the strength of their sushi. I probably won’t bother with the tempura next time, and I’d probably got straight into the sake, but I’ll certainly dig into the sushi. Staff was friendly. Service was good. You won’t get out with a cheap meal, but sushi isn’t cheap to start with and this was good sushi.