Over the weekend, darling boyfriend and I decided to try a new Japanese restaurant. Having tried most of the Japanese restaurants in Surrey, we looked elsewhere. We found this little restaurant called Hi Sushi on Urbanspoon with a rating of 90%. It was situated in New Westminster, which really wasn't that far so off we went.
We were the only diners in the restaurant, although by the time we went, it was already close to eight thirty. Although I didn't take pictures, the interior of the restaurant was lovely. I'm pretty sure it's not real wood, but was made to look like it. On the wall were definitions of "Hi," ranging from greetings, to casual saying for high quality food, aka, their food, and "Hai" which means yes in Japanese.
I don't believe myself to be a connoisseur of Japanese food but I do hope that over the years of eating Japanese cuisine and having visited Japan just this year, I'm able to tell what is good and what isn't. Every Japanese restaurant I eat at, if its available I always get the ebi sunomono to start. Funny thing I never actually had this in Japan as it wasn't ever offered at any of the places I ate at. DB had a veggie sunomono.
It came in a bigger than your average serving sunomono bowl. Presentation is among the best I've seen. They also added more variety of veggies than most places (I don't think I've ever seen cherry tomatoes in any of my sunomonos). The taste though was a little bit more sour than I'd like. But then again, I like mine sweeter. The noodles were easy to chew and tasty which I enjoyed.
For our mains, we ordered the OMG roll, the Deep fried California roll, the Philadelphia roll, far back, and ebi mayo (not pictured).
The OMG roll is supposedly one of their best-sellers. I'm not exactly sure what the fried stuff is on top, but it adds a crunchy texture to the spicy salmon sushi underneath. I didn't find it all that special, although my bf thought otherwise. The deep fried California roll, which was my choice, was pretty good. Not the best, but it definitely tasted good. I couldn't say anything exceptional about the Philadelphia roll. It wasn't bad or anything, it wasn't great either. It was just a Philadelphia roll.
I was most disappointed with the ebi mayo. It was one of the most expensive things we ordered. But when we received it. The portions looked kind of skimpy. There were maybe 4 or 5 pieces and a little bit overdone. I would maybe have been happier if they gave a few more.
Overall the food was good. The service was great, the waitress always came by with tea before we asked for it. But given that we were the only customers, I wouldn't expect anything less. Pricing was average. Not too expensive.
I give 4 / 5 stars. :)
Anyone that wants to give it a try:
881 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster
