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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Food review: Dragon roll


















Restaurant:
Sushi Delight (San Francisco)
Food description: Shrimp tempura roll with cucumber, topped with avocado and eel (unagi)
Food rating: 7.5 out of 10
Times ordered: 5+

I'm more of a sashimi person than a roll person, because the flavor of the fish gets lost too much. The great part about the Dragon roll is that the eel and avocado are on the outside, so you can actually taste what's important first. In combination, the eel and avocado deliver a rich, buttery, sumptuous flavor. When you throw in shrimp tempura, you've now got grease overload. Even with the cucumbers cutting the oilyness, it's still somewhat ruins what the eel/avocado combo had going for it. Though that could be said about all dragon rolls, I still think there's more things the chef can do here to offset the heavyness of the oil in this roll. Overall, this roll is still pretty tasty, just make sure you've got some Kirin nearby to cleanse the palette.

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