Now, after graduating for about half a year now, we are on our way to find a good job that we would ideally be happy with. The last time I saw Amanda was in December, can you believe it's already nearing the end of March?! Gee, it's only 9 more months to Christmas!
We decided to meet up for dinner to catch up on life, after a couple months in our new workplaces. Definitely had some stories to share, and we were going to go to Stephos on Davie Street like we did last time, but the line up was WAY too long!
We walked along Davie Street and chanced upon Downtown Sushi Bar, a small sushi shop with a very cute mascot on its signboard. There are numerous sushi restaurants but we were hungry by the time we stopped here and so decided to go with it!
There's the menu with the same cute mascot on the cover! :D We pored over it and couldn't decide! Everything looked really good and there was quite a variety of choices on the menu. We were both looking at the avocado roll combo, so we chose that to share. We also ordered a chicken donburi to share.
We had so many things to talk about so please pardon the lack of pictures! The food came after less than 10 minutes and we started eating and went on chatting!
The avocado roll combo -- featuring wild salmon, tuna and avocado rolls. It was $11.25, which is justifiable considering the amount of avocado in the rolls. There were 18 pieces of sushi which was quite enough to share! Very impressed with the presentation and the beautiful arrangement of the ginger slices.
The wild salmon was really fresh and the sushi rice was cool and had a great chewy texture. One of the better sushi I have eaten in Vancouver! Very surprised by the quality in taste given the run-down exterior of the restaurant.
The chicken donburi! It was rice with glass noodles, carrots, onions, scrambled egg and a fried chicken cutlet on top, flavoured with a very tasty, unique sauce! This was $7.50 and the portion size was not particularly impressive.
However, the taste definitely made up for it! The rice was topped with a generous amount of the donburi sauce, a balance of sweet and salty, making it moist and not the least bit dry. The chicken cutlet was well seasoned and the egg was also cooked with the same sauce and some spring onions. The glass noodles also contributed to the whole texture experience by providing a different feel on the palate.
It might not sound like a lot of food, but we were decently full! Probably because we were talking more than we were eating! The restaurant was not crowded even when we left at 7 p.m. The service was not particularly good or bad; I just had to ask the waitress to refill my glass of water. They seemed to only to like it to fill it up about three-quarters full and I felt embarrassed to keep asking them to refill it after the first time.
That was a great meal in terms of flavour and taste! The donburi has left me with a lasting impression and I am likely to go back! Of course, I had a great time catching up with Amanda about our latest work adventures! We must meet each other more frequently!
Downtown Sushi Bar Japanese Restaurant is located at 1205 Davie Street, Vancouver, B.C.
♥ Nikki
Um, YUM! :)
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