Eating With The Fishes: Excellent lunch at Tokyo Sushi Bar at Fowler and 56th in Temple Terrace..

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Excellent lunch at Tokyo Sushi Bar at Fowler and 56th in Temple Terrace..

A couple times recently when I was out in the Temple Terrace area preparing to hit Cilantro or Jai Ho, I remembered that one of my Chowhound buds highly recommended a sushi place in the area that served something called a 'CD Roll'... That it was a scene, man...

So after a Facebook friend tortured me with cellphone sushi pics the night before, finding myself cruising down 56th Street around 1:30PM I decided I'd seek it out, and I texted for the coordinates... I was 9 seconds away!

It's a pretty little place and everyone was welcoming and nice...

As usual, there's lots of gossiping and giggling 'at me' by the staff and other diners when my big ol' camera comes out...

I asked if it was OK and my excellent waiter said 'sure!'...

Sometimes I'll just smile and mime to the other tables that 'I'm crazy'...

I didn't see the CD Roll on the menu, on the sushi order sheet, or on the multiple boards on the wall--- but when I asked about it my waiter enthusiastically made a point to tell me that the Sushi-dude working that day invented it, and they both asked how I knew about it since it wasn't on the menu... They got a kick that the Chowhounds were talking about it...

I don't know if he made my food extra good because he knew I was going to be photographing it and most likely reporting back, but it was excellent---- and it arrived in a big boat! I LOVE THAT!

All for me---- and the one roll filled it up! $17.00...

Each slice was 3"-4" in diameter and was a decadent, barely managable mouthful... Crab salad, Cuttlefish, Fried Fish, Shrimp, Tuna, Seaweed or Herb Salad...

Sorry I don't know which... I assumed it was seaweed, but in looking at these photos it appears to be a parsley scallion thing... The bow of the boat was filled with a spicy remoulade with 'CD' written in eel sauce!