Lunch #49: J Sushi

MSG150 stepped up to the big leagues today. Food writer Leslie Kelly (blog) and photographer Paul Joseph Brown (also does weddings) from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer met us for lunch at the next stop on our route, J Sushi. We've been trying to hook up with Leslie for a couple months. She finally caught up with us today and is giving us our big break into analog media. We arrived at noon on our best behavior. Adam even took a shower.

Update: Read Leslie's article and see our mugs in the Seattle PI.

J Sushi, Seattle
Address: 674 S Weller St, Seattle, WA, 98104
Cuisine: Japanese: Sushi
Average rating: 3.4 chopsticks
Lunch date: 4/30/2008 @ 12:01:00
Time taken to be seated: 0 minutes
Time to take order: 2 minutes
Time for food to arrive: 20 minutes
Total lengh of meal: 79 minutes
Chopstix quality: Nice Metal
Do they use MSG?: No
Where is the owner/chef from?: Owner: Canton, China; Sushi Chef: Hawaii
Number of tables: 9
Number of occupied tables: 5 (55%)
Number of business lunch tables: 5 (100%)
Number of "local" tables: 0 (0%)
Healthcode Score: 10
Links: Yelp!, Urbanspoon

Luncher: Emmett

Lunch: Bento Box with Salmon Teriyaki and Sushi - $7.95
Rating:

Emmett's Review

I'm a big sushi fan, and frequent Shiro's, Chiso, Fuji. J's is small, but has a nice atmosphere. We were greeted immediately and they showed us to our table in the back. We regaled our guests with stories both of adventure, and woe. We ate some sushi.

I got the bento box at a not-so-bad-price of 8 bucks. The salmon teriyaki was tasty, a little charred (which is how I like it). The nigiri was forgettable - a piece of salmon, I think, maybe a shrimp, and a white fish (maybe Saba). Like I said - forgettable. Accompanied with some white rice, salad, and an orange, it was a fine spread for lunch. The orange in my lunch box is always a nice touch - makes me feel like a kid in the cafeteria.

The real highlight was the dragon roll. Little sprouts were sticking out as eyes, lots of flavor. We also ordered a Hawaii Five-O roll. It had some fruit in it or something, but kind of skimpy in the fish department.

All in all, I was not blown away by the sushi. Nothing in the food department really stuck out as 'great' but the service was good and the price was decent for sushi. I could see myself coming back.

Luncher: Adam

Lunch: Bento Box with Chicken Teriyaki and Sushi - $7.95
Rating:

Adam's Review

What a special day. In our DLZ, this is the only (real) sushi place. A Bento box with a couple pieces of sushi, a salad, an orange wedge, and some chicken teriyaki.

There is something to be said for teriyaki at a sushi restaurant... its probably going to be mediocre. This wasn't an exception. My sushi pieces were excellent. And my salad came with some good dark-green lettuce and an amazingly delicious salad dressing.

We also split some rolls amongst the table members. I only tried the Catepillar roll, but it was most excellent.

When in Rome, do as the Romans... eat sushi.

Luncher: Geary

Lunch: Bento Box with Salmon Teriyaki and Sushi - $7.95
Rating:

Geary's Review

"J" Sushi? I don't get it. There's an I Sushi in Issaquah (actually iSushi on their sign). Is this just the logical next step? I also had trouble visually unwrapping the octopus from the "J" in the logo and thought at first the name of this place was just Sushi, or maybe Octopus on an Anchor Sushi. I'm a huge sushi fan, but spend most of my sushi budget on straight sushi (sashimi or nigiri) rather than elaborate rolls. I also tend to shoot for the "great bargain" type sushi spots where you can get high quality fish at a reasonable price. A couple of my favs are Musashi's in Walingford and Hana up on Broadway. For quick, close to home sushi I go with iSushi, a conveyor belt sushi restaurant with a Japanese owner/head chef, but predominantly Mexican sushi chefs. J Sushi is a bit spendier than these bargain spots, but the prices are not outrageous. In addition to sushi, they also offer some typical Japanese lunch options at reasonable lunch prices. Since I was intent on having some sushi without blowing out my lunch budget, I went with the Bento Box with the sushi and salmon teriyaki options. We also got a couple of rolls to share with the table including a Godzilla Roll (looked like a spider roll on steroids), Caterpillar/Dragon Roll (Is there a difference? There was some confusion.), and a Hawaii 5-0 Roll (book 'em Danno). We reluctantly passed on the Super Dave Roll. What, they have a Super Dave Roll, but no Rick Roll?!

The Bento Box was excellent, the salmon was tender and flaky and a larger portion than Bush Garden; the salad was made of nice mixed greens with a light, tangy Japanese dressing; and the sushi consisted of three large, fresh pieces: one shrimp, one salmon, and one albacore. The shrimp was fine as far as shrimp sushi goes, but in general shrimp sushi (which is cooked, unseasoned shrimp filleted and stuck on rice) is really just a waste of shrimp. The salmon and albacore were excellent. Both were ample pieces of fish without a bit of chewy connective bits that often shows up in sushi of bargain joints. The salmon also had nice fatty striping. Yum! The rolls were fantastic. I didn't get a bite of the Spider Roll, but it was huge, with large chunks of crab. The caterpillar roll was beautiful. It looked like a caterpillar, with eyes, scales, and antenna. This is not the type of roll you get off of a conveyor belt. The caterpillar roll has always been one of my favorites. The distinctive taste of the unagi is complemented perfectly by the avocado and sweet and tangy sauce. Rolls done like this are fun for a splurge, but for my money, I'd still rather just have high quality fish on a ball of rice.

VIP Luncher: Leslie Kelly from Seattle PI

Lunch: Catepilar Roll, Spider Roll, Dragon Roll, and a Godzilla Roll - $20.00
Rating:

Leslie Kelly's Review

Awww! What an adorable dragon.

Whenever I eat at a new sushi place, I always test the waters by ordering rolls. I want to see what kind of care the kitchen takes with its cooked fish before I go for the raw.

J Sushi’s dragon roll – eel, crab and cucumber with avocado on top – was finished with octopus tentacles for eyes and sprouts for horns. The seaweed layered inside was just a little bit chewy, but beyond that, the flavor was great.

I also tried the Godzilla roll ($11.95; pretty good, not great) and the Caterpillar ($9.95; I’ve had better/worse, not too memorable.)

This place gets high marks for friendly service and fun décor.

If you want to read more, check out my Cheap Eats review in the May 9 Seattle P-I.

VIP Luncher: Paul Brown from Seattle PI

Lunch: Catepilar Roll, Spider Roll, Dragon Roll, and a Godzilla Roll - $20.00
Rating:

Paul Brown's Review

I had the spider roll, caterpillar roll, and three pieces of sushi: hamachi, unagi and maguro. I also had a bento with salmon teriyaki and sushi option. I thought the rolls and the sushi were excellent, 5 chopsticks. The bento was uneven, not amazing 2 chopsticks for value, 3.5 over all.

For sushi and rolls J Sushi is in the top 20% of sushi places in Seattle. Their bento is about average.

Luncher: Michael

Lunch: Bento Box with Salmon Teriyaki and Sushi - $7.95
Rating:

Michael's Review

All the walls of the place had giant paintings of aquatic critters. Behind me a jellyfish, to my left a giant octopus, and in front of me a huge pair of koi. This vibrantly colored orange and black carp watched me eat his relatives for lunch. I think it helped set the mood for lunch.

I tried both the bento box with salmon teriyaki as well sampling several of the rolls. The salmon was good, the sushi was tasty, and the rolls were both fun and flavorful.

If you’ve never ordered a ‘caterpillar roll’ now is the time. A caterpillar roll is a large sushi roll with an outer layer of avocado to give it the appearance of green skin, as well as decorations and eye spots done with fish roe. Top it off with bean sprouts for antennae and you have something that vaguely looks like a giant green caterpillar on your plate. And it tastes great.

Overall this is a quiet lunch spot that puts out a good bento and sushi product for not too much money. Tasty affordable lunch, and a nice splash of orange Koi. J Sushi is a solid place for lunch.

Luncher: Rob

Lunch: Bento Box with Salmon Teriyaki and Sushi - $7.95
Rating:

Rob's Review

I really wanted to love this place. Huge paintings of fish on the walls, the idea of good sushi for lunch in downtown Seattle, Aji (Spanish mackerel) featured on the sushi menu (although they didn't have it this day). I ended up with the lunch special bento box with salmon teriyaki and three pieces of sushi, as did most of the rest of the MSG150 crew. Also picked out the Hawaii 5-0 roll, featuring tuna and mango. Our new friends at the Seattle P-I picked out some other rolls and various pieces of nigiri. My salmon teriyaki was pretty dry, although the sauce was good. The small salad was one of the best bento box salads I've had -- real leafy greens with a nice dressing. The sushi was average. They were good sized pieces of fish, but the salmon was falling apart and the albacore didn't have the best texture. I've had worse, to be sure, but I've also had much better. The Hawaii 5-0 roll was interesting, but, again, the fish was just average, and there were only four pieces -- less than half the size of the other rolls. I also tried a piece of the very cute caterpillar roll, and that was okay, but not great. None of the fish really stood out. On the plus side, with the P-I folk there, Adam was on his best behavior. We should have newspaper reporters join us more often.

J Sushi Photos

J Sushi


Lunch Special menu with authentic soy stain


Miso


Giant Spider Roll & Caterpillar Roll


Caterpillar Roll & Spider Roll


Bento Box with Chicken Teriyaki and Sushi


Bento Box with Salmon Teriyaki and Sushi


Bento Box with Salmon Teriyaki and Sushi (again)


Hawaii 5-0 Roll


Koi Mural


Sushi Bar

05/06/08 - Fixed table stats
05/07/08 - Added link to Seattle PI

Lunch #46: Bush Garden

The MSG150 crew headed out just before noon to meet up with Naomi, The GastroGnome, who was joining us for lunch today at Bush Garden, the next stop on our death march tour. Some of us have been here before after work for Karaoke and cheap booze, but none of us have ever heard of anyone eating here.

Bush Garden, Seattle
Address: 614 Maynard Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98104
Cuisine: Japanese
Average rating: 3 chopsticks
Lunch date: 4/14/2008 @ 12:10:00
Time taken to be seated: 0 minutes
Time to take order: 0 minutes
Time for food to arrive: 15 minutes
Total lengh of meal: 49 minutes
Chopstix quality: Nice Wood
Do they use MSG?: Didn't Ask, but it doesn't feel like it.
Where is the owner/chef from?:
Number of tables: 32
Number of occupied tables: 7 (21%)
Number of business lunch tables: 3 (42%)
Number of "local" tables: 3 (42%)
Healthcode Score: 0
Links: Yelp!, Urbanspoon

Luncher: Adam

Lunch: Two Choices Lunch: Chicken Teriyaki + Tonkatsu - $7.75
Rating:

Adam's Review

Yay! not Chinese food! I was excited for the change of pace that Bush Garden was going to provide. Should I get Sukiyaki? Should I get teriyaki? Some other kind of yaki? I guess I'll get the "Two Choice Lunch Special" with Chicken Terikyaki and Tonkatsu (pork cutlet).

The lunch special came in a bento box with a cup of white rice. There was a token iceburg lettuce salad and 6 fried green beans. The piece of chicken they made the teriyaki with was actually pretty fatty. The chicken sucked up the teriyaki flavor very well but I couldn't get over the flap of fat on the back. The tonkatsu was the definition of mediocre, though. If I were a skinnier man... I may have not eaten the tonkatsu.

Pretty good place. If you're tired of Chinese food in the International District, this is a pretty decent alternative.

Luncher: Emmett

Lunch: Katsudon - $7.75
Rating:

Emmett's Review

Goodness. I was hoping I would have something good to write. Bush Garden has intrigued me as a dining establishment since I started coming here for karaoke. As I belted out R. Kelly, I would dream of sukiyaki, tempura, and sashimi. I drank their cheap rail drinks, and would gaze at the sushi bar, wondering, longing, hoping. I had hopes for something fried, delicious, and not nutritious.

This place is classy, with their pleather seats and rank odor of fried food. I ordered the Katsudon, hoping for a tasty rice, egg, and pork cutlet feast. What I got looked kind of gross - which normally doesn't discourage me. However the rice was mushy and greasy, the egg was flavorless, the breaded pork cutlet was soggy, and the entire dish was permeated with oil. There were a few sick little peas peppered thoughout.

The other food looked quite good, and the price is certainly right. I gave it a decent effort, but left with a mildy upset stomach and a longing for something a little fresher and lighter. Bush Garden, I'm afraid, disappointed. I'll stick with the higher prices and better quality of Fuji up the street.

Luncher: Geary

Lunch: Two Choices Lunch: Salmon Teriyaki + BBQ Pork Ribs - $7.75
Rating:

Geary's Review

When I was a kid my folks took me to Busch Gardens theme park in Williamsburg, Virginia. I got a Bud Man Frisbee. Bud Man could kick Mickey's ass. There is no Bud Man at Seattle's Bush Garden, but its Mike Brady designed exterior, with its stone wall and neon "Cocktails" sign, reminds me of a more simple time when it was considered okay for a kid to ride unbuckled on the armrest of the family panel wagon or for a giant beer company to open a branded theme park complete with super hero mascot. But, luckily, neither has had any effect on me. Mmmm... beer.

Once I made it past the dimly lit and overly themed entry and my eyes adjusted to the soft light in the Karaoke lounge, I spotted the MSG150 advance team at a table just off the stage. Luckily there is no singing at lunch. The lunch menu offers a nice selection of reasonably priced Japanese favorites including a nice "Two Choices Lunch" bento with nine options to choose from (that's 72 different lunches for those counting). I went with the Salmon Teriyaki and Japanese BBQ Pork Ribs. After we ordered, the waitress brought us a tray of hot towels. Yes, hot towels! Every table is in the first class cabin here at the Bush Garden.

The food arrived quickly and my lunch was delicious. The salmon was small, but perfectly cooked and drizzled with a light teriyaki sauce. The ribs were fall-off-the-bone tender. I still don't understand the crappy salad you always get at Japanese restaurants. It's nice to get some crisp fresh greens, but come on. Maybe it's time to modernize the salad a bit. The orange slice was tasty, too. Yum! Put me back in coach. I'm ready for the second half.

Luncher: Erin

Lunch: Two Choices Lunch: Tuna Sashimi + Tempura Shrimp and Vegetables - $7.75
Rating:

Erin's Review

Bush Garden is one of those old school ID places. It has been there since my Dad can remember – the very early 60’s! Walking in, the place has a split personality. There is a sushi bar to one side, and then we sat in the regular restaurant place, where apparently they host Karaoke.

Service was prompt and the tea was in a nice ceramic pot – not the metal ones that lose heat. I ordered a lunch special with two entrees ($7.75): tuna sashimi and tempura shrimp and veggies. One could order two items from a selection of about 12 different things for this particular lunch special. It came with miso soup, salad, an orange slice, rice and a little side of sautéed green beans. The lunch menu had a good selection of different items. Service was quick and efficient.

Overall my food was nicely prepared. It was, however, a little bland. The sashimi was fresh – always a good thing, especially since the place was not particularly busy. The vegetable tempura was good, with a nice selection of veggies. The shrimp was a little mushy and the dipping sauce had no flavor. Bush Garden is a nice Japanese standard, but otherwise unremarkable.

VIP Luncher: Naomi from The GastroGnome

Lunch: Sushi Lunch Special - $6.75
Rating:

Naomi's Review

For $6.95 I was served a miso soup, a small salad, 5 nigiri sushi and 2 hand rolls. That is dirt cheap, my friends. For $6.95 you get the pieces of square shaped half frozen tuna maki at the grocery store. And this was definitely better than store sushi. It was clearly made on the spot, the rice was made that day, though not too recently. The fish quality was definitely not top notch. It was cut into odd shapes and was slightly grainy. It tasted fresh though, not old, and they did not skimp on it. My 5 nigiri were ahi and albacore tuna, salmon, shrimp and a white fish that I didn’t identify and can’t remember. One hand roll was cucumber and the other was spicy tuna, a favorite of mine.

Overall, I have to admit I was pretty impressed at the amount and quality of sushi I got for 6.95, though I’m not sure I wouldn’t just rather get cheap food elsewhere and save sushi for the splurges!

Naomi's full review of Bush Garden.

Luncher: Jared

Lunch: Kobe Beef Sukiyaki - $7.75
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Bush Garden Photos

Bush Garden


Hot Towels!?


Bush Garden Lunch Menu


Miso & Salad Starter


Lunch Special with Salmon Teriyaki & BBQ Pork Ribs


Kobe Beef Sukiyaki


Two Choice Lunch: Chicken Teriyaki + Tonkatsu


Two Choice Lunch: Tuna Sashimi + Tempura Shrimp and Vegetables


Katsudon


Sushi Lunch Special


Bush Garden Sign & Parking

Lunch #37: Noodle Zen

We headed out to UFC again today with the MSG150 crew back at full fighting strength. Today's conquest: Noodle Zen. Noodle Zen is a relative new comer to the food court and is apparently a local chain. We were excited to see how it stacks up.

Noodle Zen, Seattle
Address: 600 5th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104
Cuisine: Japanese, Thai, Noodles
Average rating: 2.4 chopsticks
Lunch date: 3/12/2008 @ 12:05:00
Time taken to be seated: 0 minutes
Time to take order: 1 minutes
Time for food to arrive: 5 minutes
Total lengh of meal: 31 minutes
Chopstix quality: Cheap Wood
Do they use MSG?: No
Where is the owner/chef from?: ?
Number of tables: 0
Number of occupied tables: 0
Number of business lunch tables: 0
Number of "local" tables: 0
Healthcode Score: 0
Links: Yelp!, Urbanspoon

Luncher: Adam

Lunch: Yakisoba Noodles + Pepper Sauce + Chicken - $6.50
Rating:

Adam's Review

Disappointing. Thats the best word I can use to describe this place.

The chicken wasn't bad. The noodles and the sauce weren't good though. The sauce was too sweet, and I was disappointed in the amount of pepper involved in their Pepper Sauce. The noodles were bland.

When in the UFC don't feel bad to skip this place. I rank it only slightly above Uwajimaya's chef Kenzo.

Luncher: Emmett

Lunch: Yakisoba Noodles + Ginger Sauce + Beef - $6.75
Rating:

Emmett's Review

Garbage. Noodle Zen looks good on the outside - you pick your noodle, your sauce, and your meat. Then they ladle a spoonful of butter all over it. A little hot sauce - gonna be good right? It's NOT. The noodles weren't good, the sauce wasn't good, the meat wasn't good.

At least I had something good to drink. This time I got a Kirin Gogo-no-kocha Tea. It makes me want to stand on the beach and yell "HA" for no reason. Or, with a great power, float up to the sky and scream "Lu la la, We'll ride on the winds of the universe!" It was good, I recommend it.

For dessert I got Dark Choco French Cookies. These little suckers were tasty. Unlike Oreos, they were thin, and big like a coaster.

Back to Noodle Zen: There is no reason to ever come to this restaurant.

Luncher: Geary

Lunch: Thai Beef Noodle Soup - $6.50
Rating:

Geary's Review

Noodle Zen takes a building-block approach to lunch. Build your own lunch by picking from three noodles, three sauces, and five "meats". This gives something like 750 lunch options. My math may be off, but it's way too many to comprehend, so I went with one of the 4 fixed options, Thai Beef Noodle. As it turns out it was essentially Pho.

The receipt declares that Noodle Zen is "The exiting (sic) world of noodles." Clearly a typo, but I'm not sure it would make any more sense if they had gotten it right. Exciting world of noodles? Really? Is there any world in which noodles could be called exciting? Yummy maybe, but exciting seems like a stretch.

As for the food, the broth was nice and sweet and beef was reasonably tender. I have had much better Pho, but it was certainly a passable lunch.

Luncher: Joey

Lunch: Yakisoba Noodles + Ginger and Pepper Sauce + Chicken - $6.50
Rating:

Joey's Review

Their sauce just plain sucks. I don’t really want to spend the time describing why I don’t like it. Just trust me. :)

Luncher: Michael

Lunch: Veggie Soba Noodles + Ginger Sauce + Beef - $6.75
Rating:

Michael's Review

Noodle Zen is one of my reuglar lunch spots at the Court. I'm a big fan of the big green vegie noodles all fried up with ginger sauce. They prepare it right in front of you on a big flat grill. It takes about 3 minutes and there will be no question of freshness. There are no heat lamps here. Sizzling hot beef or chicken. Some vegies and the fresh fat green noodles.

I see that my fellow lunchers are not as big a fan of the NZ as I am. They are but n00bs. You can tell because not one of them ordered the juicy green noodles. Typical N00b mistake. Ignore their low ratings and go to the Noodle Zen and have good a good lunch of warmth and freshness. Share your lunch with a friend for it is big and of great value.

Luncher: Rob

Lunch: Yakisoba + Pepper Sauce + Tofu - $6.50
Rating:

Rob's Review

In theory, Noodle Zen seems pretty good: you get your choice of noodles, you add your choice of sauce, and you add your choice of meat (or tofu, in my case). Every time I hear someone mention this place, I think of this theoretical noodle dish and nod appreciatively, but the few times I've been there (today included), the whole ends up being less than the sum of the parts. Today's dish was a bit better than other days because I added a good helping of hot sauce, but the noodles had a sweet tang to them (was the pepper sauce made from sweet peppers?), which I didn't really like. The veggies were mostly flavorless. The thin wedges of tofu with mushrooms were pretty good. Unfortunately, there's no attempt made at meshing these three main ingredients together -- they're just heaped one atop the other. So, if you're in the mood for some assembly line noodles, head to Noodle Zen. If you're in the mood for good noodles, head somewhere else.

Luncher: Erin

Lunch: Wonton Noodle Soup - $6.50
Rating:

Erin's Review

Noodle Zen has some potentially interesting food. You can pick your noodle, sauce and meat/not-meat. They also have a few noodle soups. I picked a Won-ton Soup (6.50), with noodles. They had some examples of the dishes by the cash register in those weird plasticy mockups. The won-tons were stuffed with shrimp & meat (chicken, I think) and it also came with thin wheat noodles and a peppery broth. There were also a couple stalks of over-cooked bok choy. The broth, other than being a little heavy on the black pepper, was thin and flavorless. The won-tons were over cooked - the noodle covering was mushy. While I liked the type of noodles used, overall the dish was bland and dull. I would not return to the food court for this. The good news is, I bought some Pocky to share with my office, and I didn’t have a heart attack walking back up the hill.

Luncher: Doug

Lunch: Udon Noodles + Black Bean Sauce + Beef - $6.75
Rating:

Doug's Review

Tasteless noodles, gristly meat.

Luncher: Brandi

Lunch: Veggie Soba Noodles + Pepper Sauce + Tofu - $6.50
Rating:

Noodle Zen Photos

Noodle Zen


Noodle Zen counter


Noodle Zen menu


Udon & Beef


Veggie Soba & Beef


Yakisoba & Chicken


Wonton Soup


Yakisoba & Tofu


Veggie Soba & Beef in action


Thai Beef Noodle Soup (Pho?)


Al's Yakisoba & Beef


Yakisoba & Beef


Yakisoba & Chicken


Veggie Soba & Tofu


Emmett's Drink


Yakisoba & Beef


Noodle Zen - The exiting world of noodles.


Noodle Zen street-side window


DARK Choco French Cookies


Sour Flush

03/25/08 - Fixed Unbanspoon links

Lunch #32: Uwajimaya - Cooked To Order

Snuggled betwixt the Steam-table Chinese food and the register of Chef Kenzo's not-so-good Japanese food lies a little nugget of UFC deliciousness. The Cooked-to-Order counter offers Udon, Donburi, and Meat-in-Window (MIW)... all of which looked delicious. Chef Kenzo was looking like a chump next to the ladies running this counter.

Uwajimaya - Cooked To Order, Seattle
Address: 600 5th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104
Cuisine: Chinese: BBQ, Japanese: Noodles
Average rating: 3 chopsticks
Lunch date: 3/3/2008 @ 12:10:00
Time taken to be seated: 0 minutes
Time to take order: 1 minutes
Time for food to arrive: 10 minutes
Total lengh of meal: 33 minutes
Chopstix quality: Smoothed Wood
Do they use MSG?: ?
Where is the owner/chef from?: ?
Number of tables: 0
Number of occupied tables: 0
Number of business lunch tables: 0
Number of "local" tables: 0
Healthcode Score: 0
Links: Yelp!, Urbanspoon

Luncher: Emmett

Lunch: Duck Combo Plate - $8.50
Rating:

Emmett's Review

This place was a whole five feet from our last visit. We're making progress, I think. This place looked intriguing - lots of good stuff on the menu - duck, pork, soba, donburi. This has potential, I can feel it.

I went for the Duck Combo. It comes with 1/2 of a hanging duck, some orange duck sauce, some brown duck sauce, rice, and veggies. The duck was good - hot, tasty, and delcious. Though there was 1/2 a duck, there were lots of bones. I had a good time working on it, and there was enough to share. The rice was overcooked and mushy, and the veggies were average. Definitely a great choice for a quick fix of duck.

To accompany this duck, I chose Pocari Sweat. Nothing like the salty sweet sweat of a Pocari to wash down the duck. It's nice, like American sport drinks but less sweet.

I was giddy to head back to the store. There's all kinds of good shit you can buy at Uwajimaya. It mostly makes the trip worth it. Mostly. For this trip I went for some Xylish Hyper Cool gum. The first ingredient is Maltitol. The second ingredient was Salt. Salt. It was quite refreshing, in a kick you in the face sort of way, but it mellows out quickly and has a nice menthol taste.

Oh yeah, and if anyone can make sense of this crazy "Web Accessory" I found on the Xylish web site, please let me know.

Luncher: Geary

Lunch: Oyako Donburi - $5.75
Rating:

Geary's Review

If you don't look carefully, you might even miss this place. The BBQ meats are fairly obvious, but there is much more to this middle station of the Uwajimaya Deli. Sandwiched between the prepared foods and Chef Kenzo on the east and the often crowded steam table on the west, the counter known as "Cooked to Order" has three distinct menus. There's the Chinese BBQ meats served in various lunch combinations, the "Cooked to Order" section of Sukiyaki and various forms of Donburi, and 14 different Noodle Bowls of Udon, Saba, and Ramen noodles.

I took a short right down the middle and went with the Oyako (chicken) Donburi, a classic Japanese dish with chicken, onions, and egg simmered together and then served over rice. And, as I waited, it was in fact cooked to order.

The donburi was good, but a bit bland. I've had more flavorful donburi, but generally it's an issue I have with many casual Japanese dishes. It's usually quickly solved with the liberal addition of some chili sauce (typically of non-Japanese origin like Sriracha), but all I saw available at the Cooked to Order counter was some Japanese red pepper powder, which never seems to do the trick. I considered sneaking across the food court and snagging some sauce from the Vietnamese place, but I ended up eating it as is. There was lots of food and it made a satisfying lunch.

Update: I learned the following day that the steam table next door has Sriracha.

Luncher: Adam

Lunch: BBQ Pork and Roast Pork Combo Plate - $6.25
Rating:

Adam's Review

This is Uwajimaya Food Court's (UFC's) "cooked to order" counter, but it's also their meat-in-window (MIW) counter. I'm a sucker for MIW, so I went for the BBQ Pork and Roast Pork Lunch Combo.

A more appropriate name for the Roast Pork probably would have been: "Roast Pork Fat with Skin." And get ready for this... it was delicious. I knew that I was going to have to run 10 miles after work just to burn the calories off (nevermind the impact it made on my arteries), but I couldn't stop eating the delicious morsels of blubbery goodness.

The BBQ Pork was good, and not too salty. The roasted meat tasted fresh, so I surmised that it was roasted in-house. Emmett confirmed the in-house roasting with the man behind the meat window.

The food here is typical MIW... nothing fancy. I felt really sad for my heart after eating this, so I have to drop my score down for this little place.

When in the UFC, this is not a bad option.

Luncher: Rob

Lunch: Fried Bean Curd Udon - $5.45
Rating:

Rob's Review

Not much to say about this little corner of the UFC. I had the fried bean curd udon, and while the broth and the noodles were fine, the fried bean curd was unpleasantly sweet. Some people may like sweet things in their soup, but I don't. As I slurped up the udon, I kept thinking to myself that a few steps away was Samurai Noodle with exponentially better noodle soup. Ah well. I also did not realize that complimentary bottles of Sriracha are available down by the Steam Table cash registers, and a few squirts of that would have been a nice addition to the broth.

Luncher: Michael

Lunch: Beef Sukiyaki - $5.95
Rating:

Michael's Review

I never would have thought to try this place if it wasn't for the MSG 150. It's a tiny little window hidden behind some trash cans. And yet it is so awesome.

I've been craving more Beef Sukiyaki every day since we at there. I want more Beef Sukiyaki right now.

So the Beef Sukiyaki was really good. That's all I'm saying.

Uwajimaya - Cooked To Order Photos

Uwajimaya - Cooked To Order


BBQ Items


Menu


Microwave


Manapua - Hawaiian Buns


BBQ Duck


Oyako (Chicken) Donburi


BBQ Duck Combo Plate


BBQ Pork & Roast Pork Combo Plate


Fried Bean Curd Udon


Beef Sukiyaki


Manapua


Pocari Sweat


Green Tea Wheat Crackers


Chocolate Ice Cream Pops


Xylish Hyper Cool Gum


Choco Baby


CC Lemon


Taiwan Coffee Wafers

03/10/07 - Fixed typos.
03/10/07 - Fixed photo of Emmett's lunch.

Lunch #31: Uwajimaya - Chef Kenzo

The MSG150 troops headed out in full force today to commence a frontal assault on Seattle's Uwajimaya food court. We had a little skirmish back in early January with a glancing blow off of their western flank. Today we returned to begin what will be a long, hard fight. We are optimistic, however, that we will make a clean sweep of the food court before the end of March. It will not be easy, but we have a dedicated force that will see it through.There will be bad days. In the end the good days will prevail and we will walk away with stories of heroism and bravery that will be passed on to generations to come. Or we may just be happy to be moving on.

We counted nine distinct lunch options in that Uwajimaya food court. Three appear to be part of the Uwajimaya Deli and the other six are independent restaurants. We have already eaten at Herfy's and so thankfully don't have to do that again. We assessed the options as we entered today and quickly came up with a plan. We would start with the Uwajimaya Deli, working east to west and then move to the northern edge of the food court and work down the line again from east to west. This put us today in a line at Chef Kenzo's Japanese food counter.

Uwajimaya - Chef Kenzo, Seattle
Address: 600 5th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104
Cuisine: Japanese
Average rating: 2.1 chopsticks
Lunch date: 2/26/2005 @ 12:00:00
Time taken to be seated: 0 minutes
Time to take order: 5 minutes
Time for food to arrive: 0 minutes
Total lengh of meal: 30 minutes
Chopstix quality: Smoothed Wood
Do they use MSG?: ?
Where is the owner/chef from?: Japan
Number of tables: 0
Number of occupied tables: 0
Number of business lunch tables: 0
Number of "local" tables: 0
Healthcode Score: 0
Links: Yelp!

Luncher: Geary

Lunch: Large Bento + Stuffed Squid Torso - $17.49
Rating:

Geary's Review

Most of the food under Chef Kenzo's heat lamps is sold by the pound or a la carte. The large and small bentos are the only meals offered. The large bento appeared to contain small tastes of everything, so I grabbed one of the pre-made boxes. Michael convinced me to add on the stuffed squid at the end. Unfortunately I didn't get a photo of it before being sliced.

All of the food smelled good and had the appearance of being carefully prepared, but as we dove in, it became clear that if it had been carefully prepared, it hadn't been done recently. Everything was cold and a bit dried out. The flavors of most of the items in the bento were good, but I think it all passed its prime sometime the day before. The rice in the bento was cold and hard like leftover white rice gets in the fridge. The cold tempura bits were horrible. Anything breaded and fried needs to be eaten hot. A couple of the included fish dishes were still tasty, but for $10, I don't expect leftovers.

Emmett suggested that everyday we are in Uwajimaya we head into the store and each purchase something to mention in our review. Today I chose Kukagumi, Super Fish Cracker (Ikan Super). Strike one. Even though the woman on the package gave it the thumbs up, I can not do the same. They tasted like fish sauce flavored styrofoam. Not my thing.

Luncher: Emmett

Lunch: Salmon + Tempura - $8.60
Rating:

Emmett's Review

We've arrived. The Uwajimaya food court is NOT my favorite place for lunch. Yet here we are, in Asian Food Heaven. There are literally a dozen options for lunch here. We start at Chef Kenzo.

Our large group quickly made a thick queue at the tiny buffet stand that is Chef Kenzo. Some big fella behind me rolled up and was like 'hmph', as if our venerable group is preventing him from getting his quick fix of Kenzo. I gave him a look that said 'fuck off dude - we're here on a mission.' The polite man behind the counter was friendly, welcomed us, and moved the line along quickly.

The salmon under the heat lamp looked good. They let me pick out my slice. I wanted some veggies to go with it, and all they had was Tempura - not the healthiest of options but looked tasty. For $8.60, I was on my way.

I put my food down on the table and ventured into the heart of the store. I wanted something unique to go with my greaseball lunch. Something I couldn't get at your average American 7-11. I saw it - Calpico - tangy and sweet, with a little bit of Hello Kitty for flavor. For $1.99, I was on my Calpico high.

The salmon itself was alright - flavorful, with a nice seasoning and a little bit of char that gave it a crispy flavor. It was, however, cold. The Tempura came with sauce, and while average in taste, it was cold. For $8.60, I would expect hot food.

The Calpico, aka Calpis, on the other hand, had an interesting zing to it, like yogurt. Otherwise it was kind of like milky gatorade.

So Chef Kenzo didn't impress. For Japanese food, I'd totally head back to Kaname over this place. We'll see if Uwajimaya improves in the coming days.

Luncher: Adam

Lunch: Eggplant with Miso Sauce + Curry Croquette + Peking Pork Chop - $4.80
Rating:

Adam's Review

This is going to be short and sweet. The eggplant was oily and not that tasty. The croquette was flavorless. The Peking Porkchop was meat-candy-esque, which isn't my favorite thing.

When in the Uwajimaya food court... don't visit Chef Kenzo

Luncher: Rob

Lunch: Salmon + Vegetable Tempura - $9.62
Rating:

Rob's Review

The Uwajimaya food court onslaught has started. There had been far too much debate about how the MSG150 would tackle the UFC, and it was still a little up in the air as we walked in, but eventually we settled into line for the culinary expressions of Chef Kenzo. The two fish options, black cod and salmon, both looked interesting. The salmon was a couple dollars less per pound, so I went with that, and a selection of the veggie tempura. Chef Kenzo printed out some stickers, slapped them on the styrofoam containers, and handed them to the cashier who rang me up for a total of $10.48 (with tax). Whoa. Not the most I've paid for lunch, but definitely up there.

The salmon wasn't bad. It had a nice sweet edge to it. It was warm but not hot. The various veggie tempura also wasn't bad, except for one piece, which may have been the sweet potato, but I'm not sure. The tempura was barely warm. So, while it wasn't bad, it very well might have tasted better if I'd taken it back to the office and microwaved it for a bit. You'd think, though, at the start of lunch hour that the food under the heat lamps would or should have been warmer.

In conclusion, I spent over $10 for a moderately warm lunch that didn't fill me up, and actually left my stomach feeling a little off.

Luncher: Yvonne

Lunch: Large Bento + Eggplant with Miso Sauce + 2 Tempura Shrimp - $15.52
Rating:

Yvonne's Review

Presentation was beautiful. However, in the end the food was cold and not as tasty as the presentation led me to believe. The squid rings were very good but the rest was lackluster at best. For the price, $16, this was not the finest Japanese culinary moment.

Luncher: Jared

Lunch: Tempura Shrimp + Some other Shrimp + Vegetable Tempura - $10.92
Rating:

Jared's Review

Food was cold and expensive.

Luncher: Michael

Lunch: Assorted Tempura + Tofu with Unagi + A bit of everything else I could sample - $14.00
Rating:

Michael's Review

The Uwajimaya Food Court is a fantastic place to have lunch. There are at least 8 different cuisines to choose from. It's fast, and relatively cheap. You and your lunch posse don't have to agree ahead of time on what you want to eat. Everyone can get their own thing and meet back up for a fine multicultural shared table food court dining experience. You will end up sharing your table with someone. Maybe a homeless guy, maybe an 80 year old man who was born in china, or maybe a bunch of bored software industry people with too much time on their hands. Suck it up and enjoy your pacific-rim food court melting pot. This is why you moved to Seattle. Oh, and if you do end up at a table with a homeless guy it is polite to offer him the other half of your lunch as you leave.

Within the food court there are some great places and some not so great places. Today we ended up at a not exactly awesome place. Chef Kenzo and his amazing ala carte Japanese cuisine!!!!

This is my second trip to Chef Kenzo so I had an idea what to expect. Hint: this is not cheap lunch food. You order a few pieces of this and a few pieces of that and suddenly you are out twenty bucks. So go easy on what you order.

The neat thing about Chef Kenzo is the wide array of very tasty looking items he has on display. The layout of various Japanese dishes is much more appealing to the eye than the Chinese counter down the way. This is also the down side, some of the dishes have sat too long.

Let's take a minute to talk about general rules for food court dinning. If the tempura or any fried object is sitting under a heat lamp *don't* order it. Tempura should be very hot and very fresh. If your food came from under a heat lamp you are wrong.

My bad. I ordered the tempura. It wasn't hot, fresh, or particularly tasty. I won't make this mistake again.

I did order the tofu with unagi. This was really great. I traded some to Rob for a bite of his salmon. It was also a happy thing. There are dishes here that rock but you need to choose wisely.

Food court dining rule #2: pre-packaged equals bad. Several of my fellow dinners purchased pre-made bento boxes. You can tell who they are cause they are giving Chef K bad reviews. Don't order pre-packaged food unless you are heading for LEO or some god forsaken BFE spot in the GWOT.

What else? oh the squid. Thank you Geary for getting the stuffed squid! This is a great big freakin purple squid stuffed to the gladius with a mushroom and rice filling. Sliced up into bite size morsels this was the high point of lunch.

I'm giving this lunch spot high marks for visual appeal, and uniqueness of food. Some of the seafood dishes are great. But sadly several items suffered the slow death of the heat lamp. Although there are better and cheaper places to eat at the food court I will go back someday for more stuffed squid.

Luncher: Wayne

Lunch: Small Bento Box - $6.00
Rating:

Wayne's Review

I had high hopes for this lunch. I’d heard good things about the food here, I have great fondness for bento lunches, and I haven’t eaten Japanese food in way too long. Unfortunately, the loftier the expectations, the farther you fall in disappointment.

There was a great variety of items in my bento lunch. I don’t think I’ve ever had a bento with such a variety of dishes. I’m not sure of what most of the items were , but two that were particularly tasty were the egg plant and chicken skewer. They were both probably great when they were freshly made. The cold, soggy tempura offered no appeal. I wish I could have tried it when it was still warm. It’s too bad really. I think most of the food in front of me had been good or great when it had been prepared. Unfortunately, everything that should have been warm had long since cooled off.

This meal left me sad. I could taste a hint of what the meal had offered when it was freshly prepared. I wish I could have had that lunch instead.

Uwajimaya - Chef Kenzo Photos

Uwajimaya - Chef Kenzo


Heat Lamp Fish and Tempura


More Heat Lamp Offerings


Stuffed Squid


Large Bento


Michael's Lunch


Yvonne's Lunch


Small Bento


Tempura


Tempura and Salmon


Adam's Lunch


Hello Kitty Calpico


Emmett's Lunch


Gindaco Savory Puff Balls


Kukagumi


Oishi Ribbed Cracklings


Notime Toothbrush Gum


Japanese Pop Rocks

Lunch #20: Unicorn Crepes

The MSG150 advance crew spotted Unicorn Crepes last week on a recon run. Some of us have suffered nightmares seeded by plasticized window crepes ever since. All of us, however, were excited as ten of us headed out today. This is one of the few truly new cuisines we have encountered in our journey so far.

Unicorn Crepes, Seattle
Address: 621 6th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104
Cuisine: Japanese: Crepes
Average rating: 3.8 chopsticks
Lunch date: 1/16/2008 @ 12:15:00
Time taken to be seated: 0 minutes
Time to take order: 0 minutes
Time for food to arrive: 5 minutes
Total lengh of meal: 35 minutes
Chopstix quality: Paper Cone Holder
Do they use MSG?: No
Where is the owner/chef from?: Kyoto, Japan... but they have lived in the US for a while.
Number of tables: 5
Number of occupied tables: 0 (0%)
Number of business lunch tables: 5
Number of "local" tables: 0
Healthcode Score: 0
Links: Yelp!, Urbanspoon

Luncher: Emmett

Lunch: Pizza + Banana Choco Whip - $4.99 + $3.65
Rating:

Emmett's Review

Man I was scared about this place. For those that don't know me, I hate mayonnaise. I mean, I REALLY hate mayonnaise. It's white, gooey, and disgusting. So when I walked by this place early in the week, it was pretty obvious that they use a liberal amount of mayonnaise on all of their meal crepes. However, they did have a couple of options that don't have the lattice-work of mayo portrayed on their fake plastic crepe models. I would go for one those. Yes, this plan could work. We'll see.

The place is quite nice on the inside. It's well lit, and you can see them prepare everything in front of you. The people working there were great. I got the Pizza Crepe, he asked if I wanted green peppers and onions. Yes! They put a little pizza sauce, the veggies, some lean pepperoni, and cheese in their freshly made crepes. It comes out warm and tasty. The crepe itself is light, flaky, and sweet. It holds up pretty well to the kind you get in Paris. The pizza fillings rounded it out to make a fantastic crepe. The sweetness of the crepe mixed well with the savory of the pizza ingredients. It was delicious, and far less filling than a slice of pizza.

For dessert I had the Banana Choco Whip crepe. It was good, but actually kind of heavy and filling. I think I enjoyed the Pizza Crepe more.

I was pleasantly surprised by this place. I'll definitely be back.

Luncher: Adam

Lunch: Unicorn Crepe with Cheese + Banana Custard Choco Whip - $4.99 + $3.65
Rating:

Adam's Review

It's called Unicorn Crepes. This is going to be good.

I ordered the Unicorn Crepe, because I thought a crepe made of a Mythical Beast Meat (MBM) would be magnificently delicious. Turns out that the Unicorn Crepe isn't actually made of MBM... it's made of Teriyaki chicken, boiled egg, cabbage, mayo, and the House Special Sauce (HSS). I was pleasantly surprised about how good the crepe was (even though it was lacking MBM). The hard boiled egg must have been pretty cooked recently, because it hadn't turned yellow/green around the yolk yet. The crepe was fresh... I know because I watched very attractive young woman behind the counter make it. I liked the crepe, and will definitely come back again when I need a light lunch.

Since we were reviewing the place, I decided that I needed a dessert crepe too. I ordered what was recommended by the cashier.. the Banana Custard Maple Whip. Its made with homemade custard and organic maple syrup. It's a winner.

The three people running the place were all very nice, and two of them were siblings.

Good food. Kinda high, but reasonable prices. Nice bathroom. Great service.

Luncher: Geary

Lunch: Cheese Chili Hot Dog + Ice Strawberry Whip - $4.99 + $3.65
Rating:

Geary's Review

Just because you can imagine it, doesn't mean it's a good idea. Leave it to Japanese youth to come up with this one: French Crepes wrap around American lunches and deserts. OK, the desert part seems like a good idea, but someone had too much Sake when they thought about putting tuna salad in a crepe. And, as if to point out how bad an idea this is, someone crafted plastic replicas of the food to place in the window to scare people off. This was my state of mind when we walked into Unicorn Crepes. Would Unicorn Crepes need a unicorn chaser?

My first impression upon entering was that someone had fused a French creperie with a food stall from the state fair and pulled three friendly, good looking kids out of a Japanese disco to run it. As it turns out, it was the three kids that did the fusing, and the creperie + carny food thing is currently a big deal in Japan. Being hesitant, I waited back and was the last of the group to order. The three owners are energetic, and excited about their food. I watched them methodically make everyone's crepes. Even though they rolled up the crepe before handing it over, they carefully constructed each as if it were going to be displayed open faced in the window. The meat and veggies are carefully placed inside and the sauces are streamed on top in an artful pattern. By the time it was my turn to order I had forgotten about the scary window crepes and was excited to place my order for a Cheese Chili Hot Dog Crepe. Bring it on!

It far exceeded my expectations. The "Hot Dog" was not just the run-of-the-mill dog, it was half of a nice, well spiced sausage link. The chili too was better than expected. The crepe was seasoned with some diced onions and chopped lettuce to give it a little crunch. The personal Tabasco packets they provided added a nice little extra kick. Maybe a crepe is a better chili cheese dog holder than a soft spongy hot dog bun. Who'd a thunk?

I topped off my lunch with an Ice Strawberry Whip Crepe which consists of a crepe filled with ice cream, strawberries, and whipped cream. It was as good as it sounds. Really, how could that not be delicious. If you are looking for an afternoon treat in the ID, don't look past the desert crepes at Unicorn Crepes. I think even the one with Corn Flakes would not let you down.

In the end I am torn on how to score this spot. Although the lunch crepe was better than expected, I don't think I would go out of my way to get it again. Also, $9 seems a bit much for a fairly light lunch. They should consider a combo lunch special. Maybe $7 for a lunch and desert crepe. If this blog were about deserts, this place would be a five, but it's not.

PS: Jess Thompson over at the Seattle Weekly Voracious blog also visited Unicorn Crepes recently but was too chicken to try the lunch crepes. Do the right thing Jess. Don't be a chicken. I challenge you to eat a lunch crepe.

Luncher: Jared

Lunch: Unicorn Crepe with Cheese + Custard Creme - $4.99 + $3.65
Rating:

Jared's Review

A little on the small side for me. This is probably better for a dessert snack than for lunch.

Also, they can’t handle large crowds, and need to work on handling orders in order.

Luncher: Al

Lunch: Cheese Chicken Salad + Almond Choco Whip - $4.99 + $3.65
Rating:

Al's Review

Great, fast, light lunch.

Luncher: Erin

Lunch: Pizza + Banana Custard Choco Whip - $4.99 + $3.65
Rating:

Erin's Review

This is a tiny place, but filled crepes make great walking food! I had a pizza crepe ($5.50 with tax). It was a fresh made crepe filled with pepperoni, onion, bell peppers, & cheese. It was surprisingly good: I thought this would be strange combination, with the slightly sweet crepe and savory ingredients, but it worked! Billed as a "light meal" it was made while I waited, and I did not wait long. I also had a banana chocolate crepe with whip cream for dessert (courtesy of Michael), which was very sweet and yummy. The only improvement they should make is to perhaps use higher quality ingredients. Most everything was middle of the road. Service was friendly, and the food was tasty. This is a place I would go back to, it's perfect for a smaller, light meal or mid-afternoon snack.

Luncher: Jeff

Lunch: Teriyaki Cheese Salad + Banana Custard Choco Whip - $4.99 + $3.65
Rating:

Jeff's Review

I was happily surprised by Unicorn Crepes! I had the Cheese & Teriyaki salad crepe. While this may sound a little odd – and the picture made it look questionable – it was actually fantastic. My ingredients were fresh. It was an excellent serving size the actual crepe was just about perfect. Not too sweet. Not too thick.

The presentation of preparation was great. Although your food ended up wrapped into a crepe with a paper cone around it, the staff was well aware of the art to preparing the food with layout, balance and aesthetic appeal. It was entertaining to watch. The only negative: It was difficult for this small place to handle our 10 person volume. By the time I received my lunch crepe – many of us had already finished and were ordering desert.

Desert: I had the Banana / Custard / Maple crepe. I was extremely surprised this wasn't too sweet. The fresh whip cream was light – without being overly sticky sweet. The custard was nice. The maple syrup was tasty and they judged the amount needed appropriately. It would have been easy to add too much. I’ll definitely be back for more!

Luncher: Michael

Lunch: Cheese Chili Hot Dog + Banana Custard Choco Whip - $4.99 + $3.65
Rating:

Michael's Review

A bunch of bored white software developers eat tasty American crap wrapped in a French pancake served by Asian kids in a Seattle lunch spot while listening to obnoxious Japanese dance music. Fantastic. This is why we live on the Pacific Rim and not in Random McBoring Town in some brown square state out in the middle.

My Chili Cheese Hot Dog crepe was delivered to me with the words: "You have to wait for the best." He wasn't kidding. Sure my lunch came off the 2 grills a few minutes behind the pizza crepe, but you can't rush awesomeness. No, awesomeness has to be grilled up and carefully placed on a steaming hot fresh crepe and served with chili.

There isn't another lunch place in the ID that is this new, this tasty, and this much fun.

I hear that Unicorn Crepes is only 3 weeks old. I predict this place will have Salumi sized lunch lines stretched out the door by June.

100% win.

Luncher: Rob

Lunch: Potato Salad + Corn Flake Choco Whip - $4.99 + $3.65
Rating:

Rob's Review

Japanese-style crepes? I have to admit I was nervous while marching with the MSG150 mob to this new little restaurant. Most of the light meal crepes feature some sort of meat, so my choices were tuna salad or potato salad. I've never been a fan of tuna salad, so I bravely ordered the potato salad crepe. And yeah, that's what I got: potato salad, boiled egg, and some mayo all wrapped up in a nice, light, fresh crepe. It was decent potato salad, at least, but still, it was a potato salad lunch. Didn't fill me up, either. I went back for one of the sweet crepes and took my chance with the corn flake choco whip. The corn flakes gave a fun, crunchy edge to the whipped cream and chocolate, I was happy to discover. So, while I probably won't have lunch here again, I'll definitely come back for their dessert crepes.

Luncher: Tyson

Lunch: Pizza + Banana Custard Choco Whip - $4.99 + $3.65
Rating:

Tyson's Review

The pizza crepe was wonderful tasting, though it wasn’t enough to fill me up. You will need to buy at least two crepes to be satisfied. The banana chocolate custard dessert crepe was not as good as I hoped. Though I’m not a huge custard fan and always forget that until I order it. Haha. It was still good though.

Unicorn Crepes Photos

Unicorn Crepes


The MSG150 Invasion


Menu Board


Plastic Window Crepes


They put the fig leaf on the wrong side


More Plastic Crepes


The Unicorn Crepes Team


The Unicorn Crepes Team


Pizza Crepe in production


Unicorn Crepe in production


Almond Choco Whip in production


Banana Choco Whip in production


Corn Flake Choco Whip in production


1/2 of a Pizza Crepe


Potato Salad Crepe attack


Cheese Chili Hot Dog Crepe


Ice Strawberry Whip Crepe


Where unicorns pee


MSG150 post invasion


They removed the scaffolding from the HCG today