House of Sushi and Noodles 7/27

Hey again!

Just to clarify, the post for Bakin' and Eggs occured yesterday, I wasn't able to upload it until today... No Internet..

Anyway today I had a sushi craving...For those that know what I am talking about; once you get a sushi craving nothing else sounds good...

House of Sushi and Noodles is located on the North West corner of Lincoln and Ashland

When we first walked in it was pretty low key, not many people in place. The hostess came up and I couldn't really understand her, so we had an awkward exchange as I tried to figure out what she was saying... It was, "follow me"
Once seated the same girl took my order then my girlfriend and she started walking away without even taking my roommate's order. The waitress/ hostess that sat us was all over the place talking too fast looking all over the place standing on top of you why you ordered.... Just too much. The restaurant itself had an interesting set up. When we walked in the sushi station was immediately to the right. there was seating alone the narrow corridor of a hall way which took a 120 degree turn that led to another area of seating. The whole hall way was pretty narrow because how the kitchen was set up in the middle of the place. There was pictures of past customers all over the walls as well as typical Japanese decorations.

I capitalized on the all you can eat sushi deal that came with an appetizer and included Sushi Maki as well as Nigiri for $18.95. I ordered the Edamame and then started off with the spicy tuna roll, Godzilla Roll, and then 4 Ebi Nigiri. Once we ordered I sat there and waited as my stomach made noises and I stared at the walls of pictures of past customers, and I mean ALL the walls had pictures of past customers.

It took a long time before any food came. I am happy that my girlfriend ordered the veggie tempura because they ended up not even bringing my Edamame. The Veggie Tempura was great, typical Panko covering the sweet potato, zucchini, broccoli, and green beans.

Finally my sushi came and everything had spicy mayo on it even the Spicy Tuna which I have never seen before. Don't get me wrong it was a typical safe roll to get so thats what I went with. The Godzilla Roll was a house roll that I liked a lot. It had some nice flavor, but the rice was infested with fish roe (Fish Eggs). I am just not really a big fan of them. Both the Spicy Tuna and Godzilla came with 6 pieces in their roll, typical.

I believe that Ebi Nigiri is something that really can't be messed up. I think every where that I have gone it has been the same, shrimp on a bed of rice. This was no different than usual, but it tasted bad. There was an odd after taste and there were a few green spots in between the rice and shrimp (I believe this was Wasabi, but it wasn't spicy)

At this point I have still not received my Edamame so I had to let the waitress know. The beans came out. Those were not that great either. There was no salt on them, they were not very warm, and I felt those had a poor taste as well, almost like the skins were not washed or something.

I decided to go with one more specialty roll so that I could talk about it. This one caught my eye because I have never had lettuce in any sushi roll, sure I have had cucumber and other veggies, but never lettuce. The Santa Fe was a nice clean roll to order. It only came with four pieces, but they were larger, typical size of a Vegas roll (compared to places I have been). The lettuce had a nice clean crunch to go along with the shrimp. Just like each of the other rolls it has spicy mayo on it, whatever I just don't want spicy mayo on everything I eat... Just saying.

We finally wrapped up the meal with some strawberry Mochi (is a Japanese confection made from mochi (pounded sticky rice) with an ice cream filling)

Each of us were happy to get out of there. It was a new experience I was happy to have now rather than later! 

Godzilla: Shrimp Tempura, Cream Cheese, Green Onion, Masago, Avocado, Panko Flakes, and Spicy Mayo
Spicy Tuna: Spicy Tuna, Cucumber, Spicy Sesame Sauce, Kanikama, Scallion, and Spicy Mayo
Ebi Nigiri: Shrimp on a bed of rice
Santa Fe: Shrimp Tempura, Lettuce, Masago, Cucumber, and Spicy Mayo

~Windy City Food Review~