Sushi Enya and Sharp Tea

Little Tokyo

LA County Safer At Home: Day 353

Taro smoothie at Sharp Tea. Not bad.

Weller Court at sunset.

Sushi Enya's "outdoor" dining.

Black cod. Red snapper. Black snapper. Golden eye snapper. Rosy seabass. Truffle halibut.

Black cod. Pretty decent.

Red snapper. Why they ruin it with lemon?

Golden eye snapper. Probably the best of what was in the first round.

Rosy seabass. More mild than I expected.

Halibut with truffle. Not as much flavor as expected.

Different angle.

Japanese bluefin tuna topped with Japanese uni.

Why would you over-sear the poor otoro. (and caviar with gold flake? why?)

Chutoro topped with seared toro. Again... why?

For a typical strip-mall sushi place, the ama ebi was alright.

Waygu and uni was... odd.

Ikura, ama ebi with ikura, Miyazaki waygu with Santa Barbara uni.

Rice with uni butter (?), chopped toro, quail egg, radish, shiso leaf. Some harmony in the flavors and textures.

Hotate, chopped toro, Santa Barbara uni, truffle.

Again too many different flavors. Not sure if they're just recycling toro scraps or...?

Roll Spot in Weller Court.

Baked unagi roll. Well, california roll topped with unagi and avocado and too much mayo.

Cheap strip mall sushi. At least the portion was generous considering the price.

Sharp Tea's taro smoothie was pretty good, but if it was just right at 25% sweetness, how sweet is it normally?? And they have souffle pancakes-- we have to try those on a future visit.

The very heart of Little Tokyo was a bit harder to find a plan B for tasty sushi than I expected. Outside of Sushi Gen and the new Sushi Hide (which was apparently closed for catering this evening?), there isn't much that's in the immediate area. Sushi Enya was the plan C, and it was more average than anything else. Too much decorating with truffle, searing, and whatnot, rather than relying on the fish itself to show off. Even high-end decoration with caviar and gold flake (!) didn't do much to make the meal exceptional rather than gimmicky, although the spread of black cod, black snapper, red snapper, and golden eye snapper was at least a decent start.

End result was more ordinary and reflective of decorated-roll-gimmicky than of a higher-end place. Which to be fair was at least better than the last stop of the day, the relatively new Roll Sushi in Weller Court, which is definitely a fast food sushi joint...