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byrne@sun12.jpl.nasa.gov (Russell Byrne) writes:

>lmg@xhmeia.caltech.edu (honey 'chile) wrote:
>>lovers.  It was rated highest in the San Gabriel Valley by the Pasadena Weekly
>>and I second the vote.  The sushi is better than Noda (Arcadia), Sachi Sushi
>>(Pasadena), the Ai (Pasadena), and is as good as Komoyoshi's (Pasadena at the
>>110 FWY).  What also makes them stand out is their prices.  They have been 
>>having a 1/2 price special for a few months which is in effect from 5-7PM on
>>weekdays and all day on weekends.  Very good aji, bonito, unagi.

>Your post was chopped, or incomplete.  From your clues on the half price
>special, I'd guess that you're talking about Sushi of Naples, across the
>street from Sachi Sushi.  I like that place.  Kabuki, at Foothill and Rosemead
>is also running a special happy hour thing.

>So enlighten us.  Which restaurant are you talking about?

I assumed she was talking about Kabuki.  Actually, I thought the Pasadena
Weekly always rates the sushi bar at Shogun highest (a rating with which
I do not agree).  I've been to Kabuki recently during the happy hour and it
was very good and cheap (though not everything on the menu is half-price
during happy hour--especially not fancy rolls and the like).  Their
hamachi was wonderfully fresh-tasting.

And by the way, what honey chile said is absolute BLASPHEMY!!  
The sushi at Kabuki, Komeyoshi et al. is not even in the same league with Ai!
Ai is absolutely the best sushi I've had in the San Gabriel Valley, 
and is incredibly cheap.  If you eat $15 worth of sushi there, you've
really stuffed yourself, and there's no happy hour nonsense to deal with
either.  It's that cheap all the time!  And they have great special items--
oysters, green-lipped mussels, a wonderful salmon-skin salad that costs
$3.50!  Amazing string beans in garlic sauce for $2.50.  
However, I've always been glad that the Pasadena Weekly chooses to ignore
Ai, because it's too crowded as it is.
(Why am I even talking about it?  Ignore this post.)

--Barrie Trinkle

(pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...)