Sushi in Dallas?

[Dan Logcher]

A little short notice, but I may be in Dallas this coming
week and would like to know if any good sushi places are
within reach.

If not, then there's always BBQ :)

[Gerry]

Post by Dan Logcher
A little short notice, but I may be in Dallas this coming
week and would like to know if any good sushi places are
within reach.
If not, then there's always BBQ :)

I spent some 12 years in Dallas before moving to SoCal. Every year or
two I go back for training of fom sort and pick through some mediocre
to bad Japanese restaurants.

West of Dallas is a Irving, a suburb. There use to be a master chef in
Irving at a place called Hanasho. He started his own place in
Arlington. Easily accessed from HW183 out of Dallas and a pretty quick
hop from most anywhere on the west side. Still an exceptional find for
Dallas:

<http://tinyurl.com/7sh6u>

Sorry Dan, I've been at this task 15 minutes and I'm getting nowhere:
The chef who was the main guy at Hanasho--I mentioned him on line many
years ago and some folks as far away as Kansas had heard of this guy
from their sushi-chef's. He's got a rep. He opened his restaurant in
Arlington if memory servers, it's the next suburb sound and west of
Irving. Anyway it was SRO there for months and he was a real star. I
was at Hanasho when he came in one night and the entire joint ran to
greet him at the door--including all the chef's and busboys. Amazing.

That's as close as I can get. Using these clues maybe others will know
who he is and where his place is located.

[Dan Logcher]

Post by Gerry

Post by Dan Logcher
A little short notice, but I may be in Dallas this coming
week and would like to know if any good sushi places are
within reach.
If not, then there's always BBQ :)

I spent some 12 years in Dallas before moving to SoCal. Every year or
two I go back for training of fom sort and pick through some mediocre
to bad Japanese restaurants.
West of Dallas is a Irving, a suburb. There use to be a master chef in
Irving at a place called Hanasho. He started his own place in
Arlington. Easily accessed from HW183 out of Dallas and a pretty quick
hop from most anywhere on the west side. Still an exceptional find for

We ended up at Deep Sushi in Deep Ellum section of Dallas. Man is that
a dead city. I felt like the Omega Man, driving around a city that was
practically empty. Seems like most business has moved out of the city,
so places are closed, abandoned, etc.

So anyways, Deep Sushi. Not bad for Texas. I much prefer sushi from
either coast though. Most of it was very good quality and good sized.
The not good part was the saba, which seemed the prepackaged kind, the
albacore was was too seared, and the uni was rather watery.

Additionally, it was kind of expensive. Most nigiri pairs were $5, and
uni being a special at market price was $7. They did do a volcano maki
that my wife liked. It's a California roll with a baked scallop and/or
crawfish spicy sauce over the top. She really like the crawfish.. it
was too filling for me. They also had super white tuna which was very
good.

After hearing the waitress talking to the chef, we were able to
determine she was Chinese (Manderin). She said all the staff were
Chinese, but it was an American owned restaurant.

Here's their website (kind of sad) http://www.deepsushi.com

[Gerry]

Post by Dan Logcher
We ended up at Deep Sushi in Deep Ellum section of Dallas. Man is that
a dead city. I felt like the Omega Man, driving around a city that was
practically empty. Seems like most business has moved out of the city,
so places are closed, abandoned, etc.

I'm surprised by that--but then a lot of companies have indeed been
moving to the 'burbs.

Post by Dan Logcher
So anyways, Deep Sushi. Not bad for Texas. I much prefer sushi from
either coast though. Most of it was very good quality and good sized.
The not good part was the saba, which seemed the prepackaged kind, the
albacore was was too seared, and the uni was rather watery.

Ick. The "not good" parts you listed are practically my definition of
a not good place.

Post by Dan Logcher
Additionally, it was kind of expensive. Most nigiri pairs were $5, and
uni being a special at market price was $7. They did do a volcano maki
that my wife liked. It's a California roll with a baked scallop and/or
crawfish spicy sauce over the top. She really like the crawfish.. it
was too filling for me. They also had super white tuna which was very
good.
After hearing the waitress talking to the chef, we were able to
determine she was Chinese (Manderin). She said all the staff were
Chinese, but it was an American owned restaurant.

Doesn't surprise me. I'm unsure why I always do it (probaby because
I'm there a week), but one should really eat BBQ in Kansas City,
oysters in New Orleans, steak in Omaha, etc. Why I always make a point
of running down third-rate sushi in towns that don't really go that
way--kinda silly of me.

Post by Dan Logcher
Here's their website (kind of sad) http://www.deepsushi.com

[Dan Logcher]

Post by Gerry
I'm surprised by that--but then a lot of companies have indeed been
moving to the 'burbs.

That's what most of the locals have said. They also say that officials
are trying to rejuvinate the city.. but I don't see it happening yet.

Post by Gerry

Post by Dan Logcher
So anyways, Deep Sushi. Not bad for Texas. I much prefer sushi from
either coast though. Most of it was very good quality and good sized.
The not good part was the saba, which seemed the prepackaged kind, the
albacore was was too seared, and the uni was rather watery.

Ick. The "not good" parts you listed are practically my definition of
a not good place.

I know, bad saba and watery uni were a let down. The place was ok.. not
bad. It's Texas y'all.. I don't expect everything to be as good as it
is on the coasts.

Post by Gerry

Post by Dan Logcher
After hearing the waitress talking to the chef, we were able to
determine she was Chinese (Manderin). She said all the staff were
Chinese, but it was an American owned restaurant.

Doesn't surprise me. I'm unsure why I always do it (probaby because
I'm there a week), but one should really eat BBQ in Kansas City,
oysters in New Orleans, steak in Omaha, etc. Why I always make a point
of running down third-rate sushi in towns that don't really go that
way--kinda silly of me.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Most of our trips have been to coastal
places. This is the first that was more inland.