My parents came to town, and they wanted to grab sushi. They also wanted to bring about 8 people to sushi, which kinda ruled out all the little hole in the walls I knew about...and I didn't really want to make my parents empty their wallets out all over the table. So I dug around, and made reservations at Blowfish. I'd heard it was popular, i figured it'd be safe.


I shoulda changed courses once I realized there were only 5 of us. With that number, we coulda hit something choice in Studio City/Sawtelle/Little Tokyo. Oh well, I thought it'd be fun to eat on the Strip too, so...

I don't mind the Sushi Roku/Katsuya brand of fusion sushi. Honestly, I've had some mighty tasty things off those menus and been really happy signing the $$$$ bill. Blowfish tries for that experience, with decor, presentation, and menufare...but it's just so poorly done that I could never recommend it. My folks liked the sorta tuna tartare/guacamole dip that we started off with...but I also know that's because they've never had anything like that back home. By the time we finished running through our initial offerings of weak spineless sushi, we were still hungry...but I didn't really wanna let my parents keep spending. I steered us out of there and into an awesome dessert joint, and I hope they never remember their LA sushi experience.