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Greenville, SC — Sushi Hana
| Sushi Hana 765 E Haywood Rd Greenville, SC |
864.676.0200 website map |
Sushi Hana has a cool website. I was in Atlanta and looking for an opportunity to add a South Carolina sushi restaurant to my reviews and I googled sushi restaurants in Greenville, SC. South Carolina makes 40 states in which I have reviewed sushi restaurants. I have a business trip to Hawaii in about a week so Hawaii will be 41! I have been to every state except Louisiana and Alaska. I have only been reviewing sushi restaurants for a few years so I still need to do reviews in Louisiana, Alaska, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma and Hawaii.
Based on their web site, I was excited about visiting Sushi Hana. They have a complete menu and a good selection of sushi and cooked items. I decided to start with the gyoza and sea cucumber sunomono. Now I almost always order gyoza but sea cucumber is rare. I have eaten sea cucumber in Chinese restaurants but never in a Japanese place. Unfortunately, the waitress, said that they had sold the last of the sea cucumber just before I ordered. I decided instead to order the Japanese pickles. I wasn’t quite sure what I would get but it looked intriguing. Besides I know at least one kind of Japanese pickle – when I lived on Guam I loved pickled daikon. We called it daigu. It is a yellow vegetable slice into thin slices and pickled – very tasty.
The gyoza was perfect, the pickles were good, so I had high hopes for the sushi. I orderd mirugai (giant clam) and and two rolls, a Broiled Yellowtail roll(with cream cheese, scallions and avocado) and a Salmon Lemon roll (cucumber and avocado). When the waiter brought my order he thought the giant clam was white fish! The giant clam was very good, it is one of my favorites. The rolls were a disappointment. The fish was on the slimy side and they were cut unevenly.
Sushi Hana, great web site, below average sushi.
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October 25, 2009 in South Carolina | Permalink | Top
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Eater at Sushi hana, Greenville-
I have known Dai san for quite a few years and eaten at Sushi Hana many times. I have been eating at traditional sushi restaurants for 26 years across the country. Sushi Hana is one of the better in the Southeast. Your sushi knowledge cannot be too deep if you order sea cucumber in a Chinese restaurant and gyoza, which is usually frozen and gaigin rolls such as yellow tail and cream cheese? What do you expect but mushy? Try getting more traditional if you're going to call yourself a sushi afficianado. Order some shyako,shiokara, tako waza or maguro natto and experience real sushi bar fare.
Posted by: ken san | Nov 13, 2009 3:05:00 PM
Ken san,
Thanks for the comments, I am not a sushi expert -- I am just a guy who eats a lot of sushi. My reviews are based on my preferences and prejudices.
As for the sea cucumber, I have had it in a variety of Chinese restaurants but in the 140+ sushi restaurants that I have reviewed and numerous others that I have eaten in before I did formal reviews -- I have never seen sea cucumber in a sushi place.
As for the gaijin rolls -- I am gaijin! I happen to like a roll with cream cheese from time to time.
I will however take your advice and try the more traditional items you suggest.
BTW - I liked the gyoza ;-)
Posted by: SushiPilgrim | Nov 17, 2009 11:07:38 PM
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