King Sushi
410 Sixth Street
New Westminster, BC
New Westminster… A part of Metro Vancouver with its own pocket of interesting places. In the last week or so, I have been going to some restaurants in the area, somehow starting with Royal City Thai, which was blogged two weeks ago. This time, King Sushi, a sushi restaurant in Sixth Street based on a suggestion from Sherman. Would it be another good eats or a flop? One way to find out!
I arrive just before lunchtime and ended up being the first customer. To those who believe sushi restaurants ought to be managed by Japanese can skip the rest of the post: it is Chinese operated. However, while it does not have that Japanese greeting and what not, the service was at least workable during the meal. And, on that topic…
I started with goma-ae. Sometimes I just have to remind myself: what is my tolerance level for this dish? I mean, it is mostly spinach – how difficult it is to prepare? In theory, it is straight forward and, as long you don’t go overboard, for the most part it should be fine. In this case, the top was overdressed with that sauce.
While excessive sauce can be bothersome at times, excessive water still in the spinach is unforgivable. Reality is, that made the spinach a problem to eat. In the end, I thought it was a bit of a fail.
In the past, I would have ordered a sushi combo type order. For a change, I decided to go for the chirashi don. It came with two pieces of tuna, salmon, tamago/egg and one piece of shrimp and octopus. It wasn’t the fanciest presentation and the baran (the grass looking piece of plastic) looked really out of place. While this is visual, it leave the question about the fish…
I will have to say that, aside from the thickness of some of the pieces, the fish itself was quite good. Since I was there just before noon and was served around noon, it means there was somebody looking after them, making sure it is thawing in a control environment. Since we are eating this fresh, that was a good sign. Unfortunately, the octopus was, well, odd. You could “taste” it had some moisture leaking out of it, as if it wasn’t handled with the same care as the other pieces of seafood.
After the meal, I had to do some mental comparisons. About the only nearby decent sushi place I have been to is Ki Sushi further down the road. Here, well, if I were to compare it to some place is Vancouver, it will be somewhat subpar. But, for New West, it might be acceptable. Execution might not be the best but you won’t leaving in disgust. Of course, I still have a lot of other sushi places to visit but, given New Westminster standards, it has its high points.
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Yah, I gotta say the Gomaae is a sad, sad attmept… However, for our meal, at least, it was decent. And I guess that’s what we aim for in the burbs with Japanese food.
Hey Kim! It seems that there’s another type of fish in your chirashi don that you didn’t mention. It’s the one on the left hand side of the octopus in the first picture? What fish would that be?
That looks like Hamachi to me…
Sherman, I wish one of these days we could remove the idea that boonies == average food…
RMD_Foodie, it has been a while since I went to the restaurant and wrote the blog post so, if I missed it in my past, I will have to guess… But, based on the visuals, my best guess would be the same as Sherman’s, i.e., hamachi.
that is one sad looking gomaae. i think i would have to boycott this place because of the mangling. poor spinach! fish looks alright though… for new west, this place looks okay.
I’ve been to this restaurant very many times and I would have to say that the food there is very good. It is by far one of the best places to go in New Westminster. The service is very fast and the food is very reasonably priced. And the interior of the restaurant is considerably nicer than the other sushi restaurants near by.
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