539 NW 21st Ave, Portland, Oregon 97210
Their gimmick is “All day happy hour”. I am perplexed at this advertising. The sushi is priced higher on the menu, so when you get happy hour prices, it lowers their list prices to prices you could get anywhere else. (See Saburo’s post). Though, it’s probably just really smart advertising.
It was disappointing to see Sansai is a chain, but we heard about their meat quantity in their Chicken Plate and decided we had to try it.
What we ordered: Chicken plate, Beef and Shrimp Plate.
How we ordered it: Asked for extra vegetables instead of rice. Pick from 4 different types of salad; we decided on the cucumber seaweed salad. We did not order any sushi rolls b/c we didn’t want to deal with the rice. Also, the chicken plate was highly recommended, so we went for it.
What we got:
Steak and Shrimp Plate
Chicken Plate
Cost: $9 – Chicken Plate, $9 – Steak and Shrimp Plate
Quality: The meat was sort of like the kind of meat you would get at the mall. Somewhat tasty, guaranteed no dryness, just about standard meat. Nothing special, nothing great, just OK. From a franchise restaurant, it’s the quality we would expect. I suspect their sashimi would be the same.
Quantity: For the price, the meat was substantial and was more than fair. Props for letting us substitute our rice for a large tasty salad.
MEAT-O-METER says!
Note the absence of the second thumb and the crooked-ness of the first. Nothing spectacular, just good ol’ solid meal. It wouldn’t be our first pick, but if they were open late (past 10 pm)… this would be a great Paleo-friendly late night eats.
We used our Entertainment Book to get one of our entrees for free!! It was a pretty sweet deal, I recommend getting one!
1667 SE Bybee Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97202
Yee-hawww! There’s no getting jacked of food here, for a sushi restaurant.
Largest pieces of sushi I’ve ever seen in a sushi restaurant so far…
What we ordered: 3 orders of Salmon Belly, one roll – Budokhan roll, 1 order of Striped bass, 1 order of Bonito, 1 order of River eel.
How we ordered it: Sushi restaurants are pretty easy. There’s not that much that’s processed here except for the rice. We would get the Sashimi plate, but it’s pretty expensive, but that’s what we would ideally like to order.
What we got: Some huge pieces of fish! Holy cow.
(yeah, forgot to take the pic before we started eating…)
Cost: Not bad for the amount you get. approx. $3.50 for sushi, approx. $6.50 for a roll.
Quantity: Holy shnikees, batman!
Quality: Pretty good.
Why the large mound of rice on the plate? Yes, we are Paleo, so no rice for us!
However, I have heard of people complaining that they serve too much rice. Well, did you look at the size of their sushi? Refer to above Quantity:.
Sushi restaurants in general are notorious for not a lot of quantity. However, it is seafood, the steak of the seas. But Saburos breaks the mold and actually gives you pieces of fish that are reasonable for what you are paying.
According to the Meat-o-meter, we have a winner!!
