ENN Restaurant. It was a little hard to find since there were no signs along the road really telling us that we were there. We actually only found it by chance when I looked out the window and saw an industrial park-like sign with a smaller sign saying "ENN".
This was our miso soup; it came with out lunch special and is actually not listed separately in the lunch or dinner menu so we couldn't get the individual price.
Erica: I love miso soup and my favorite part is the seaweed, however I was slightly disappointed with this miso soup, it was too salty.
Colby: This was my third time actually having miso soup in a restaurant ( I usually make my own at home). I found it to be too salty; either there was too much miso paste added or bonito flake in the stock.
Ok, for this one we'll start from the bottom and go clockwise.
Erica: I got the spicy albacore pictured at the bottom. It was very delicious, it had a very fresh sweet melon taste to it and had just enough spice on it to give you the kick without overpowering your palette.
Colby: I had the sweet potato roll with eel sauce. My thing is that I will just a sushi place by how they make they're sweet potato roll. Weird, I know, I'm still easing into the raw fish. The sweet potato was actually firm but cooked well, if it's too overcooked, its mushy and has an unpleasant mouthfeel. and IF it's too firm... well then its raw and not cooked.
We both shared the "crazy roll" consisting of fried shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado, flying fish roe and spicy mayo. Despite both of us not being too particular with seaweed on the outside, it was actually very well balanced and tasty.
Price: Albacore- $6.50 USD
Sweet Potato-$ 4.50 USD
"Crazy Maki"-$8.50 USD
We both got lunch bentos, I had the shrimp and veggie tempura combination (on the left) and Colby had the same but without the shrimp.
Each came with a side of sticky rice, salad and a sweet soy based sauce for dipping.
Everything was pretty good, the only thing we really didn't care for was the dressing on the salad. After trying to guess, we knew there was some sort of citrus in it and something else. We then asked the waitress, and she said it was a citrus ginger, she did not know which citrus fruit. But from the very acidic almost bile like taste, my (erica) best guess was grapefruit ( obviously not a fan) with a hint of orange. I felt bad not eating it, but at least I gave it a try.
Price: Veggie Tempura Bento- $8.95 USD
Shrimp and Veggie Tempura Bento- $9.95 USD
Now this little guy... we were really trying to figure out was it was. and we really could't tell and we both had it in out bentos. After going back and forth trying to figure out whether it was a really overcooked vegetable or tofu, we decided to ask the waitress. She then informed us that it was a crab dumpling called shumai. It did taste good but then Colby realized that it was on his plate and if he was either vegetarian or allergic to shellfish, that could have been a big mistake for the restaurant. Luckily he isn't either, but the restaurant should keep a better eye out for that.
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