Best Sushi Restaurant in ABQ (Albuquerque, Rio Rancho: kitchen, metro, dinners)

[Mike Horrell]

Originally Posted by rybert

We went to Noda's on Saturday. My favorite was the Green Mustard roll. Very good.

However, the interior decor...

Never been to Noda's... I gather that we should give it a try?

[rybert]

It's on par as far as ABQ/RR sushi/sashimi goes. Don't let the decor fool you (definitely a mom and pop kinda place).

[trailtramp]

MH...if you love Japanese, sushi, tempura, and other creative dishes you have got to give Noda a try. Japanese owned and family run it is a gem!

[Mike Horrell]

Originally Posted by trailtramp

MH...if you love Japanese, sushi, tempura, and other creative dishes you have got to give Noda a try. Japanese owned and family run it is a gem!

Thanks! It's now on The List..

[mortimer]

Originally Posted by Mike Horrell

Never been to Noda's... I gather that we should give it a try?

Yes.

I KNOW about this.

Go there if you like Japanese food


I can't help but notice the title of the thread which you started Mike:

... ( like opened less than 2 hours ago ) ...

... which you posted almost two weeks before.

It's kinda like an old tatoo.
It made sense at the time.

ObJapaneseTrivia:
Sakura is the Japanese word for Cherry.
I have a niece named Sakura.

[karmathecat]

Noda's really is great. Be prepared for the service to be a bit slow....each dish is prepared to order and there is no army of chefs in the kitchen.

I'd say Sakura's sushi is right up there with Noda's, both in quality, uniqueness and freshness. These are the only two places I'd ever go for raw fish in my sushi. Any of the other places, it's cooked only.

[Mike Horrell]

Originally Posted by mortimer

Yes.
I can't help but notice the title of the thread which you started Mike:

... ( like opened less than 2 hours ago ) ...

... which you posted almost two weeks before.

Yep, well like a bad penny or a good burrito, it keeps coming back...

[Poncho_NM]

I could change the title from New (like opened less than 2 hours ago) Westside sushi restaurant to New (like opened 9 days and 21 hours ago) Westside sushi restaurant

But then someone might want me to keep it updated...

How about this: How long since Mike discovered a Sushi Restauant





Rich

[Mike Horrell]

Originally Posted by Poncho_NM

I could change the title from New (like opened less than 2 hours ago) Westside sushi restaurant to New (like opened 9 days and 21 hours ago) Westside sushi restaurant

But then someone might want me to keep it updated...

How about this: How long since Mike discovered a Sushi Restauant
Rich

Works for me....

[abqandrea]

I noticed that in the Sakura posts, things like crunchy rolls and spicy tuna were mentioned as being very good.... so that got me thinking about how to get a sushi place to demonstrate that they know what they are doing.

I tend to place a much higher level of value on the following items:

sashimi - how its cut, what temperature it is served, if they have daily recommendations. Using an oily fish to test them is easy - if the mackerel tastes fishy, it tells me a lot about how much to trust the rest of the proteins
any simple roll - avocado, tuna, ume - shows off the quality of the rice and their attention to detail
tempura - is their frying oil hot enough and not "off"?
miso - it is fairly easy to mess up miso soup, usually by overcooking it

I put lower importance on:

spicy anything - its an efficient way to use up scraps, not a good way to judge the kitchen
number of kinds of rolls - simple is better (?)
decor
friendliness (sometimes you have to take a little brusqueness from a great sushi chef)

Thoughts?

Andrea
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