Happy mid week lunch — sushi ($32)!
Mid-week sushi delivery lunch $32 — assorted sushi platter, rolls, sashimi. Post-circuit-breaker phase 2 raw fish craving fix.
Wednesday mid-week lunch with BB — sushi delivery for $32. Phase 2 reopening was in full effect but we were still mostly home-delivery for weekday lunches, and the mid-week sushi splurge was the kind of small upgrade that broke up the work-from-home routine.
We ordered (sushi delivery platter):
- Assorted nigiri (salmon, tuna, hamachi, tamago)
- Maki rolls (California, salmon-avocado)
- Sashimi assortment
Total: $32 delivered.
Sushi delivery is one of the harder delivery formats to get right. The fish needs to stay properly chilled, the rice can’t dry out, and the wasabi-soy needs to stay separate from everything else. The restaurant we ordered from had clearly figured out the packaging, because the platter arrived looking close to dine-in presentation.
The nigiri pieces had been laid out on a plastic tray with cushioning between each piece, so they didn’t shift during transit. Rice underneath was the proper short-grain sushi rice — slightly vinegared, still sticky-but-distinct grains, with the slight warmth of room-temperature service rather than fridge-cold. Fish was clean-cut, properly chilled, no off-notes.
Maki rolls were the California and salmon-avocado classics. Cut into 8 pieces each, the rolls travelled well because the rice acts as a structural binder. Tobiko on top of one roll, sesame on the other.
Sashimi assortment came in its own separate compartment — thick salmon slices, tuna cubes, hamachi, with a small pile of shredded daikon as the bed.
A small ramekin of shoyu, a wedge of wasabi, and a pile of pickled ginger came on the side.
Mid-week sushi was the kind of small treat that broke up the lockdown weekday monotony.
Overall: 4.4 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Excellent mid-week sushi delivery — would re-order.
