Restaurant review: Sasa ? life, from the ground up.

It?s been awhile since we?ve been out, so we took advantage of my recent birthday as an excuse to offload C for a couple hours and go enjoy a dinner. So off we went, once again back to Shaker Square, this time to Sasa, a Japanese Izakaya?Asian bistro. Izakaya?refers to a type of drinking establishment that serves food as well, a casual bar/pub type place. Sasa bills itself as serving ?tapas-style dishes,? and we certainly found that to be the case. We also came on a Monday, which meant all-night happy-hour pricing, so $5 per small dish (the menu is set up with small, medium, and large dishes).

Since the size of the plates was smaller, we had many different things, so I won?t describe each one in detail ? I?ll just let the pictures do the talking. Suffice it to say, the food was all outstanding, though in our case, very seafood-heavy (being Japanese; there are also many non-seafood menu items if fish isn?t your thing). Part of the reason we came here was I?ve been craving sushi. I?m not totally sure why, because I?ve only had it a couple times?and I tend to like my food cooked, but nevertheless, I wanted some, and Sasa didn?t disappoint with the Spicy Dynamite, a combo of salmon, tuna, and whitefish, wrapped?and deep-fried just long enough to crisp up the outside, but still leave the inside raw. Quite amazing.

Lobster and shrimp harumaki ? egg-roll style dish, with a nice, sweet, dipping sauce.

SASA fries ? crispy outside, soft inside, sprinkled with two types of seaweed, and alongside a Japanese-style barbecue sauce, and a creamy, spicy dip.

Tuna sashimi

Fried oyster served in their shells atop napa cabbage slaw.

Shrimp yakiudon ? served over udon noodles and vegetables in a spicy peanut sauce.

The Spicy Dynamite roll.

And for dessert, a plum-wine poached pear.

Japanese cream soda, with a marble in the bottle.

The verdict: Sasa gets six stars out of seven. The food was all excellent, the patio seating is nice, service was fine, and pricing was reasonable ? for seven different dishes and a drink, the bill was about $80. Of course, you don?t have to eat seven things, but it all sounds good, so you may have a hard time narrowing it down?

Source: http://lifefromthegroundup.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/restaurant-review-sasa/

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