mmm-yoso!!! is the blog and Kirk is on vacation. Here is another post of what Cathy ate one day.
Hi. I'm back with a short post. The Mister and I went to one of the locations of Sushi Hut (in Mission Valley) around March of this year and were not overly impressed. I even deleted those photos from my camera, planning to not talk about it, primarily because I didn't want to bother going back to try different dishes. Not bad food, not great food, just…food.
We were on Clairmont Mesa Boulevard the other day and saw a couple of places inside the parking lot Kitty Corner from the Rockler Store (and Cheetahs..the men reading this know where I am now, right?)
and Lo and Behold, another Sushi Hut. A chain- who knew?
Well, we were hungry; there is a Mexican place and a Boba place a few doors down, but we thought we could try Sushi Hut one more time, just to see if it was still…meh…just food, or something better. We were pleasantly surprised.
The paper menu says that all photos and slogans are copy written, so I won't post a photo of the menu here, but you can look at it on the Sushi Hut website,
Basically the menu has sushi, rolls, Bento Plates, Bowls and wraps, along with some Combinations thereof. They also make some beautiful looking Party Trays.
I decided to let another wrap come into my life- second one ever – I don't know where have been, but I wanted to try this version. Teriyaki chicken, steamed vegetables and sweet rice. ($4.59)It was a Teriyaki Bowl in a tortilla, and pretty good. The chicken was all white meat, the Teriyaki sauce was not overwhelming (and I added some 'spicy teriyaki' from the condiment area after my first few bites), the vegetables were crispy/fresh steamed/not soggy and the rice was a good sticky rice. The serving was quite large for me.
The Mister tried the Bento #2 Platter ($5.29) pretty much katsu chicken cutlets, rice, two fried shrimp and seaweed salad. We recalled that on our first visit at the other location, they told us they were out of seaweed salad, which has become one of my cravings this year for some reason- I have to try the seaweed salad whenever I see it on a menu or for sale in a market. This seaweed salad was good with a few different types of seaweed and a light sesame dressing and good, fresh crunch. The chicken cutlet was lightly breaded and fried and topped with a Ponzu sauce and sesame seeds and the fried shrimp were lightly breaded with breadcrumbs and light fried so that you could taste the sweetness of the shrimp.
All in all, Sushi Hut has a good fast service and fresh food. The rolls are numerous and made fresh to order and some selections come in two sizes if maybe you just want to try a few. We were not impressed with the rolls the first time we got them at the Mission Valley location and did not want to try them on this visit. If you are in the area, stop and try a bite. (This is my subtle way of saying don't go out of your way to try it).
Sushi Hut 8058 Clairmont Mesa Blvd San Diego 92111 (858) 874-5803
5624 Mission Center Road San Diego 92108 (619) 6889214
8240 Mira Mesa Blvd San Diego 92126 (858)689-2475