Salmon aburi mentai mayo sushi tray ($12.80)!
Salmon aburi mentai mayo — 10 pieces of torched salmon nigiri topped with mentaiko mayo and ikura. $12.80.
Sushi tray pickup — Salmon aburi mentai mayo ($12.80). 10 pieces of perfectly torched salmon nigiri. The kind of takeaway that makes a regular dinner feel premium. 😍
What was on the gold tray ($12.80 for 10 pieces):
- Ten pieces of aburi (torched) salmon nigiri arranged neatly in two rows on a gold foil sushi tray.
- Each piece had a thick slab of fatty salmon draped over the rice — the white-fat marbling visible through the pink flesh.
- Lightly torched on top with visible char-grill marks — that signature aburi technique that brings out the salmon fat oils.
- Topped with a mentaiko (spicy cod roe) mayo swirl — the orange-pink creamy sauce coating the salmon.
- Each piece crowned with a small mound of ikura (salmon roe) — bright orange beads of brine.
Three layers of salmon DNA on one piece — flesh, mentaiko (roe + mayo), ikura. The torch adds depth without overcooking; mentaiko mayo adds salty-creamy; ikura adds the pop-burst of saltiness. The rice underneath gets soaked with the rendered fat and mayo, becoming the silent MVP.
10 pieces is more than I should eat in one sitting but somehow they all disappear.
Total: $12.80 for 10 pieces — proper value for aburi mentai of this quality.
Overall: 4.5 / 5. Aburi salmon mentai is one of those formats that’s hard to mess up — but easy to underwhelm. This tray nailed the proportions: enough mentaiko to coat without drowning the salmon, enough torch to deepen without cooking. Tray-format wins on portion + value. 😋👍🏼
