I'm finally posting this on 3/5 instead of the February date you'll see at the bottom of the post. It was raining that weekend. After church with Bert's mom, we went out to lunch at the local sushi place in Otay Mesa, Tomodachi. This is located right off the 805 and Palm Avenue exit. It's behind the KFC and next to a bagel place. Here are some reviews from Yelp.
This place has been around for about 3 years. The sushi guy is the parent of one of TC's classmates. Didn't realize it until I saw him at a school function. Anyways, if you are a sushi connoisseur or are expecting really high quality stuff, this isn't the place to go. It's middle of the road and the prices are decent. When we got there, the place was empty. When we left about 1 hour + later, more people showed up. One girl had her 18th birthday party celebration there that day.The waitresses are nice and the service was attentive. 
It's quite large in this place. They remodeled the booths on the perimeter recently. You can't see them in this photo, but the booths are now elevated on a platform. 
When you walk in, all along the left side of the wall are dozens of photos of the customers and their families. My sis and her friend are up there somewhere. Many of the rolls and specials are named after their customers.
You could see the booths on the far wall in this pic. They are elevated. Before, it was just a regular table with chairs. The booths add a nice touch. You also get a stupendous view of the cars exiting the offramp from the 805 to Palm. Nice. I remember, this used to be a haircut place.
For starters, we had the edamame, which was a nice warm snack for a cold day. Plus, we wanted to eat something green and healthy.
This was the Salmon Skin roll. But you know what, they didn't really have any salmon skin in there. It was salmon and no crunchy salty skin!
I believe this was the shrimp tempura roll...eh...not that great. It didn't even have the shrimp tail sticking out on one piece. : (
Iceberg salad with ginger dressing...
TC's Beef Sukiyaki rice bowl. This was a regular item, not a kid's meal. We knew it was too much for her to finish, but we wanted her to have salad plus vegetables instead of some fried crap. This ended up being her breakfast and part of dinner the next day. She even liked the tofu. There's a ringing endorsement for you.
This was the Special California roll. It actually came without the fish eggs on top. I had to ask for it after I realized it was missing. I thought they served the eggs wrapped on the outer layer of rice. So, they just dumped a lot of it on top of each piece, which was fine with me! More masago for me!
Bert's eel roll. I'm not a fan of eel, so I stayed away from this:
This was the Seafood Bento which Bert and his mom ordered. The fried stuff you see were fried fish, scallops (one that I bit into was so watery, gross), shrimp and those fake crab sticks. Disappointing. There were 2 kinds of pickled vegetables, a tartar sauce, rice and salad.
Anyways, that's Tomodachi. They have other items on the menu, the standard stuff like Bento Boxes, the regular rolls of sushi you see everywhere plus teriyaki this and that. Regular Japanese fast food type stuff but in the local neighborhood. A nice option if you don't want to eat at a burger joint, a taco place (and there are a lot down here in my old neighborhood) or Filipino food.
This place has been around for about 3 years. The sushi guy is the parent of one of TC's classmates. Didn't realize it until I saw him at a school function. Anyways, if you are a sushi connoisseur or are expecting really high quality stuff, this isn't the place to go. It's middle of the road and the prices are decent. When we got there, the place was empty. When we left about 1 hour + later, more people showed up. One girl had her 18th birthday party celebration there that day.The waitresses are nice and the service was attentive. 
It's quite large in this place. They remodeled the booths on the perimeter recently. You can't see them in this photo, but the booths are now elevated on a platform. 
When you walk in, all along the left side of the wall are dozens of photos of the customers and their families. My sis and her friend are up there somewhere. Many of the rolls and specials are named after their customers.
You could see the booths on the far wall in this pic. They are elevated. Before, it was just a regular table with chairs. The booths add a nice touch. You also get a stupendous view of the cars exiting the offramp from the 805 to Palm. Nice. I remember, this used to be a haircut place.
For starters, we had the edamame, which was a nice warm snack for a cold day. Plus, we wanted to eat something green and healthy.
This was the Salmon Skin roll. But you know what, they didn't really have any salmon skin in there. It was salmon and no crunchy salty skin!
I believe this was the shrimp tempura roll...eh...not that great. It didn't even have the shrimp tail sticking out on one piece. : (
Iceberg salad with ginger dressing...
TC's Beef Sukiyaki rice bowl. This was a regular item, not a kid's meal. We knew it was too much for her to finish, but we wanted her to have salad plus vegetables instead of some fried crap. This ended up being her breakfast and part of dinner the next day. She even liked the tofu. There's a ringing endorsement for you.
This was the Special California roll. It actually came without the fish eggs on top. I had to ask for it after I realized it was missing. I thought they served the eggs wrapped on the outer layer of rice. So, they just dumped a lot of it on top of each piece, which was fine with me! More masago for me!
Bert's eel roll. I'm not a fan of eel, so I stayed away from this:
This was the Seafood Bento which Bert and his mom ordered. The fried stuff you see were fried fish, scallops (one that I bit into was so watery, gross), shrimp and those fake crab sticks. Disappointing. There were 2 kinds of pickled vegetables, a tartar sauce, rice and salad.
Anyways, that's Tomodachi. They have other items on the menu, the standard stuff like Bento Boxes, the regular rolls of sushi you see everywhere plus teriyaki this and that. Regular Japanese fast food type stuff but in the local neighborhood. A nice option if you don't want to eat at a burger joint, a taco place (and there are a lot down here in my old neighborhood) or Filipino food. 
2 comments:
Egad.....they call that a Seafood Bento??? Tartar sauce? Oh my....
hmmmph!
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