Anyone who knows me, knows that I'm pretty adventurous. I'll usually try anything at least once, if only to be able to forever say, "I'll never touch that again!". So this is how I approached the delicious world of sushi. Luckily, my first experience with sushi was with a friend and her husband, who knew a little bit about it, and they were able to guide me into the brave new world successfully. Now, I absolutely love it, and am always looking for ways to expand my pallet.
One of the other things I really enjoy are tiny, hole in the wall restaurants. Generally speaking, the worse it looks on the outside, the tastier the food. This is exactly what we found with Roll House Sushi. It is located in Santa Monica on 4th St right across from those crazy silver balls hanging on the wall near the mall. Sorry for the rhyming. The outside isn't much, and the inside it TINY! There are probably enough seats for around 20-30 people in the entire place. So cozy though for a date night! The decor was cute, pretty average for a sushi house. But the food...oh man the food!
I ordered the rainbow roll and a spicy tuna roll, which are my usual go-to items when trying a new sushi house. We also had an order of steamed pork dumplings. The dumplings were delicious, and the sauce they came with was sweet and spicy at the same time; it really added to the dumplings. I'm a huge fan of sauces. If the dumplings were great, the sushi was better. So fresh and tasty. I had never had a rainbow roll before that had me wanting to order another roll to pig out on. The spicy tuna was good, but nothing to write home about.
The next time I go, and oh yes, there will be a next time, I want to try one of their fusion rolls I saw on their menu. Perhaps the Princess Roll, which is shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, avocado, kalware, and cucumber topped with a special mango sauce. Hmm...we might be having Roll House for dinner tonight!
As always,
Guten Appetit!
