Yeong Nae Chae

Review of EatStreet

The man working there wasn't the nicest. It was ou...

The man working there wasn't the nicest. It was our first time there and we were in line, and he asked us what we wanted, and we told him we weren't too sure yet, since there was a wide selection of items to choose from in the Poke Bar. He took his hand and gestured for us to move out of the way because there was another couple behind us ready. I was fine moving out of the way, but he could have politely said, if you need a minute or two, I'll be helping the next customers, but nope. So that kinda brushed us the wrong way.

We decided to order a Poke Bowl, and got a generous portion of rice, but it was piping hot. Normal Poke Bowls should have cooler temperatures for the rice, so the heat doesn't warm the sushi fish that may cause potential bacterial growth leading to foodborne illnesses. That aside, it was quite pricy from the start, and to make things more irritating, they charge 0.50 for certain additional toppings that normally would go along with a Poke Bowl. Things like Masago or Avocado, or Seaweed Salad would be charged. There are several different types of options for fish, we got a super so we chose salmon, spicy tuna, poke tuna, poke tuna, and spicy salmon. I was a little surprised at how small the scoops were. 5 scoops at that place is a normal 3 scoops at a place like Poke Bar in Hawaii. The cashier, a female student from the campus possibly, was very friendly to us and rang us up. She was very helpful in explaining the menu items and such.

The Poke at this place was just alright. They charge so much already, why wouldn't they use nishiki rice? Do they really think we wouldn't notice the cheap long grain rice that you are using in a sushi bowl? Of course when I heard the chef in the back, he was speaking Mandaring, so of course, no surprise that he would try to cheap out and nickel and dime ppl any way possible. At least the fish, for the most part, tasted fresh, but it was lacking in quanitity for the $16-17 bowl that it ended up costing with the additional items. Once again, Madison disappoints with subpar Sushi restaurants. The restaurant was very clean and tidy and looked modern, but I'm going there for the food, not how neat and organized and tidy your restaurant is.