A little fish by the lake...

I like sushi. There, I said it. Those of you who know me are probably surprised by this. My wife brought me to Mt. Fuji in Maple Grove, MN several years ago for my first sushi experience. I did not want to try it, so I ordered the chicken tempura (a lightly battered and fried method)... I tried a few pieces of the sushi rolls my wife ordered and since then I have never ordered the chicken tempura again. For new sushi experiences, my wife and I like to buy Groupon deals to try out places we have not tried before. Some are good (Fuji Ya in downtown St. Paul) and some not so good (Tiger Sushi in the Uptown area of Minneapolis.) Besides sharing my cooking and smoking experiences, I am also going to share unique and/or new dining experiences, so here goes:



On Sunday 6/23, my wife and I used a Groupon for Sakana Sushi in Wayzata, MN.

I have a regular roll that I like to order everywhere, a Philadelphia Roll. Smoked salmon, cream cheese, avocado. It was ok here, a larger than average chunks of avocado and smaller than average pieces of cream cheese.

B.M.W Roll- Deep fried spicy tuna, avocado, topped with eel sauce, spicy mayo & tobiko

Sweet Heart- Shrimp tempura, avocado, spicy tuna, lettuce, tobika, wrapped in pink soy paper

Wayzata Roll- Seared tuna, asparagus, radish sprout inside. Topped with tuna, salmon, yellowtail, eel, avocado, caviar, scallion & wasabi mayo, eel sauce

My favorite of the day-

Dynamite Roll-Spicy tuna, salmon, topped with spicy crab. DELICIOUS. A nice little spicy kick, we really liked this roll.

Service- Great


Food- EXCELLENT

(p.s. I am working on a rating system I will use, but for now, this is all you get.)
Overall, I have found my new favorite sushi place. Only negative was an arts and crafts fair going on in the street in front of the restaurant. If not for that, we would have had a nice view of Lake Minnetonka across the street from the booth by the window we sat in. Their tents made better doors than windows. Next time we will have the view. :)