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Review: Yama Sushi (on S.E. Clinton)

Xue and I went on Saturday night, and enjoyed it.  I liked that we could make reservations on-line for prime time (7:15pm) on the same day.  It has attractive decor;  acoustics were good;  the tables were not as squeezed as the Pearl location;  and the staff busy but efficient.  Since it was an izakawa, I thought I’d order the house hot sake, which was good.   I was eager to try the hamachi collar, but alas, they were out;  so I order the whole quail instead:



Thinking quail wasn’t going to be enough, I also order a salmon nigiri, and chawanmushi (Egg Custard w/ Shrimp, Crab, Shitake Mushroom, Chicken, Greens:



Xue ordered the Sunrise roll (salmon, spicy tuna, mango, avocado):

with cold spinach and sesame paste salad:



We finished with the coffee jelly & cream dessert, which was delicious:



​For me, the highlight of the meal was the coffee jelly dessert, followed by the chawanmushi, with its delicate egg custard, crab, and shrimp.  Too bad Yama was out of hamachi collar;  the grilled quail was not a good substitute.  But a reason for another visit.