Sushi Mimi

I realize I have been remiss in my restaurant review duties by not dedicating on blog to my favorite Japanese restaurant in the area: Sushi Mimi. It is a small restaurant that seats about 30 - 40 between the sushi bar and the tables.

I think they recognize us there now because we eat there at least once a week. We were there on Friday night for dinner and John asked the waiter what sake he would recommend and it happened to be the same guy he asked the same question to the week before! The waiter in under 18 and does not drink and can't recommend anything and he remembered that John asked him the question last week as well. His reommendation, after saying he was too young, was the more expensive the better. What a hoot!

We started with sushi as usual. Salmon, Unagi, spider roll, Tuna, and California roll. Yum yum. This was the one time since we have been coming here that three separate waiters stopped by our table to ask us if we were ready to order our entrees even before we had received the sushi. Very unusual. John likes a lag between the starters and the entrees so big faux pas for him -- he finally told the last waitress to wait till we got the sushi to come back for our orders.

The sushi fish is always fresh and the spider roll which was our treat for the evening was nice and crunchy.

Since the sushi was filling we got appetizers for our main course. I had the shrimp cakes and John had a fish dish. They were both very nice and mine came with some tempura. It was the first time I had shitake mushroom tempura. Interesting.

Dinner was as always great. Sushi Mimi staff are really friendly but every once in a while they either forget you exist or are overly attentive. We go there about once a week and a reasonable dinner for two with some alcohol is roughly $60 - $65 and if the sake is a beer instead the bill can be as low as $50. On top of that you get a hearty welcome and goodbye with your entrances and exits. What more could you ask for?