Chef's Special - Sashimi Plate at Harney's Sushi - Old Town, San Diego
To celebrate HungrryMonkey's friend TopPig's birthday, we went to Old Town San Diego where HM's coworker once recommended. Located in the quaint Old Town area of San Diego, it has a small store front that if we hadn't been looking, we would have missed it.
We arrived earlier to beat the crowd but half the restaurant was already filled with young and hip patrons. With the restaurant blasting music and the weather turning warmer, we decided to take the patio seats.
Harney's serves a rather large selection of rolls. Though many are quite interesting, I was more curious about the quality of their fish and ordered the Chef's Special Sashimi Plate. Worried that I might be served cooked shrimp or something, I asked to make sure there would be a yummy array of sashimi. I was delighted to hear there would be amaebi, I couldn't wait to find out how fresh their raw shrimps are!
First taste:
The plate came with a selection of snapper, raw shrimp, tuna, salmon, octopus and yellowtail. I took my first bite on the New Zealand snapper as the server told me they're very good, it had a fresh taste and a just-right texture. Next, I had to try the amaebi (which would usually be my first bite). Its size and taste was ok* (*ok means it didn't make me frown but it also didn't make a big impression). It wasn't the juiciest or biggest, but it's hard to compare after trying the so-big-and-juicy-they-flip-off-of-my-shopsticks amaebi served at a hole-in-the-wall sushi place in Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles (will write about that later).
Bottomline:
Hey, it's got some young and hip patrons and serves a large selection of rolls. They also have a late night happy hour from 10p to midnight (or something), so if I'm hungrry at 11p after working on a project, I would head out to Harney's.
Type of food:
Japanese, American-style (Am style because it isn't one of those authentic sushi houses)
Price range:
The sashimi plate is $35, rolls are generally $10-20.
We arrived earlier to beat the crowd but half the restaurant was already filled with young and hip patrons. With the restaurant blasting music and the weather turning warmer, we decided to take the patio seats.
Harney's serves a rather large selection of rolls. Though many are quite interesting, I was more curious about the quality of their fish and ordered the Chef's Special Sashimi Plate. Worried that I might be served cooked shrimp or something, I asked to make sure there would be a yummy array of sashimi. I was delighted to hear there would be amaebi, I couldn't wait to find out how fresh their raw shrimps are!
First taste:
The plate came with a selection of snapper, raw shrimp, tuna, salmon, octopus and yellowtail. I took my first bite on the New Zealand snapper as the server told me they're very good, it had a fresh taste and a just-right texture. Next, I had to try the amaebi (which would usually be my first bite). Its size and taste was ok* (*ok means it didn't make me frown but it also didn't make a big impression). It wasn't the juiciest or biggest, but it's hard to compare after trying the so-big-and-juicy-they-flip-off-of-my-shopsticks amaebi served at a hole-in-the-wall sushi place in Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles (will write about that later).
Bottomline:
Hey, it's got some young and hip patrons and serves a large selection of rolls. They also have a late night happy hour from 10p to midnight (or something), so if I'm hungrry at 11p after working on a project, I would head out to Harney's.
Type of food:
Japanese, American-style (Am style because it isn't one of those authentic sushi houses)
Price range:
The sashimi plate is $35, rolls are generally $10-20.
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