Oishii Boston
1166 Washington Street.
Bostono, MA 02118
P: 617 482 8868
F: 617 482 8869
Email: info@oishiiboston.com
First of all we had only heard rave reviews for Oishii, but Big D is not that into Japanese food so it's not been high on our list of places to go. Once there, however, it is now a top fav. My vote goes for the food and Big D's vote goes for the utter enjoyment I had eating there.
Ability to get into restaurant that evening = easy with on street parking
Ability to get a cool seat = no booths and too close to the table next to us, who wants to hear 20somethings talk?
Service = Great. The bartender was hot and got me a drink the moment I sat down. The waitress was funny and stayed the hell away form us through most of the meal. A major plus on both ends and it didn’t hurt that Big D liked the bartender’s ass as well.
Drinks = My cozmo sucked, no flavor to speak up and bits of crushed up ice, blah. Then I tried the Sake sampler and it knocked me off my high horse. Big D had his Amstel light in a glass. He gave them points for even serving it.
Bread = Scrumptious for both of us, 2 little roles of wrapped dough. Big D could have gone for another one, so that was the only down fall. Give us more!!!
Appetizers
Crab cake = not the best, but good and different for Big D. He thought it was a plus over all, but if he doesn’t rave about it, he won’t order it again. Sorry crap cake!
Seafood Shumai = Tasty, but too hot for too long. I was hungry and dove right it thus burning my tongue for the rest of the meal. A major no-no in my book.
Sashimi = FABULOUS. Very expansive selection, we’re talking 7 different kinds of toro/chu here people! Plus the pieces came in a solid slice, not too thick, not too thin. The sake-toro was to die for. I will go back just for the sashimi selection alone.
Main Entree = Big D had the grilled Chilean Seabass and loved it, but I don't think his pallet is as defined as mine. He would get it again, while for me it tasted like barbeque sauce slapped on a decent piece of fish.
Alligator Maki = Almost as good as maki in San Fran and NYC. For Boston I think this is saying amazing things. I ate the entire roll and would do so again in a heart beat if I do not find anything better.
Rock Shrimp Maki = $25 of Crap. I might as well have gotten popcorn shrimp for 1/5th of the price. If big D hadn’t been footing the bill I would have sent this back. I can only assume the restaurant is forced to put this junk on the menu to appease people with no taste. It did make nice leftovers, but the local tavern also has the same dish for $5.
Desert = N/A. I had stuffed myself with the appetizers and alligator maki. What I saw did not even tempt me. The best sounding item was the green tea/ read bean cre’me brulee. Very curious what that might be and will have to check it out next time.
Over it was a nice spot. It’s kind of sad to say Oishii has offered me the best maki in town with only a half hearted attempt. Still it was lot of fun and the extensive Sake and sushi menu will keep me coming back for sure.
Ciao till next week
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