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The next day for lunch, I wanted to check out a new sushi place. I had gotten an email about the opening of a new sushi concept a few months ago. They are really new and the concept sounded cool.
It's basically like a Chipotle for sushi. You get to customize your own sushi and the prices are quite affordable! We MUST check it out.
U-Sushi
168 South Beverly Dr.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 777-7655
http://u-sushi.com/
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Walking up to the place, the sign was very big and bright. Very pleasing to the eye. The general manager was actually outside the front door passing out menus. We told him that we came specifically to try this place. He was super nice and totally cool. A good start!
Walking in, the place is pretty small, but the decor and colors made it feel very bright and open. I really liked the feel of the place. All the people behind the counters were super friendly. We felt so welcomed to be there.
After numerous picture taking, haha, we got in line to order our sushi. First you pick if you want seaweed or soy paper. Then you choose white or brown rice. After that you select the fish you want inside.
You can choose 1 or 2 kinds of fish or just leave it vegetarian. Then you can choose up to 3 veggies inside, plus garnishes and sauce. They have multiple people working on different stations and just passing it along.
Finally the last guy rolls up the sushi and puts it into this neat sushi cutting machine. You can also choose to add some side dishes like tempura or fried chicken, etc.
The whole process moves very quickly. They've really streamlined the process.
I got a One Fish Roll (Salmon, brown rice, seaweed, asparagus, avocado, kalware sprouts, sesame seeds, tobiko, spicy mayo) $7.50~
The roll was massive!! Which was awesome. For the size and quality, the price was great in my opinion. The fish and veggies were super fresh and it was delicious overall! I'm loving this place!
Two of my friends ordered the Two Fish Roll (yellowtail, salmon, brown rice, seaweed, avocado, cucumber, kalware sprouts, tobiko, spicy mayo) $9.50~
They had slightly different ingredients but you get the idea.. They loved it as well. Their rolls were even bigger cuz they had 2 different types of fish.
Another friend got the One Fish Roll (spicy tuna, white rice, soy paper, carrots, avocado, tamago, peanut sauce) $7.50~ He doesn't like seaweed so he went with soy paper. I thought the spicy tuna was a bit too light. It needed more kick in the spice! The peanut sauce was an interesting change though!
Kara Age Chicken (japanese-style fried chicken) $2.50~ The chicken was super moist. It was sooo yum! The flavor was all their and it was fried well. Not greasy at all. Love!
Sweet Potato Korokke (3 pieces) $1.50~ This was interesting. There were bits of onions inside the potato cakes. The flavor was a bit weird? It didn't have the normal sweetness you find in sweet potatoes. I think if they reduced the size and had more of a crunchy exterior, it would be much better...
I loved this place. From the amazing service to fresh ingredients, I really wish we had one of these in Dallas. This was also one of my favorite meals of the entire trip. I would recommend everyone who loves sushi to check this place out! Tell them CHOMP! sent ya!! hehe.
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For dinner the first night, I wanted to go check out Chego. It's owned by the same people that run the Kogi food trucks. Which are my favorite food trucks so far!! The menu at Chego sounded sooo interesting and delicious!
Chego
3300 Overland Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 287-0337
http://eatchego.com/
Price: $
This is a tiny place and it was packed when we arrived!! The line was out the door!! There are only like 3 long community tables inside and a few small tables outside the restaurant. You order at the counter and find your own space to sit.
We weren't super hungry so we were ok with the wait. The line moved fairly fast. A lot of people ended up taking things to go and the people dining were pretty fast about moving things along.
We got a few things to share.
3PM Meatballs (Korean-fried, shaved green onions, sesame, blueberry habanero salsa, polenta patty) $4~
I've had their blueberry habanero salsa before on the quesadillas at the Kogi truck. It was pretty amazing. So this sounded interesting as well. You get 3 meatballs on top of polenta. It was slightly sweet and tart and had huge flavors. The meatballs were really juicy. I didn't care for the polenta being completely soaked in the sauce though.
One Chubby Pork Belly (kochujang-lacquered kurobuta, with fried egg, pickled watermelon radishes, water spinach, cilantro, cotija, peanuts, over rice) $8~
Who can say no to pork belly!?! This dish looked amazing and tasted even better!! OMG! I can eat this everyday! I loved all the different flavors and textures. Lots of veggies, tart from the pickled radishes, a hint of spice from the kochujang, the crunch from the peanuts. YUM! And the pork belly was fatty and tasty. I loved loved loved it! No complaints whatsoever!
Tiny's Prime Rib Rice Plate (chili-rubbed, with fried egg, water spinach, creamed horseradish, roasted garlic serrano paste, fried shallots, over rice) $9~
This was also really good. The prime rib was cooked perfectly and had so much flavor. I liked how they put a lot of veggies in their dishes. Tons of bold flavors as well. The only thing I didn't like was the horseradish. I'm not a huge fan and I think they put too much. But one of my friends loved horseradish so he liked the sauce a lot.
Tres Leches Cake (devil's food cake soaked in cayenne-cinnamon-infused leches, tapioca milk pudding, spiced peanut brittle) $4~
Even their desserts sounded interesting. I like anything spicy...even desserts. And I love the whole sweet and savory combination. This wasn't really a tres leches in my opinion but it was delicious. The best part was the milk pudding part of the cake. It was almost like a really soft bread pudding/mousse. The brittle added a nice crunch on top of the super moist cake.
Sriracha Candy Bar (chocolate crisped rice bottom, caramel, Sriracha ganache, spiced candied peanuts, dark chocolate) $4~
This was the dessert I wanted to try last time at the truck but they didn't have it. When we unwrapped the foil, we were like "that's it?" haha. It was $4 and didn't look appealing at all... But...it was pretty tasty! It was basically like a crunch candy bar. I liked the candied peanuts layered inside.
I couldn't taste the sriracha though. I ended up squirting some actual srirach and dipping the candy bar in there. And it was REALLY good! The sriracha basically added the salt and heat to contrast the sweet chocolate.
I think this was one of my favorite meals of the entire trip. This is one of those places that makes me wish I lived in LA. I'm STILL dreaming about that pork belly bowl. Droooool.....
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