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I can't believe we've missed Seabose in Carrollton in the two years it's been open. I can't believe my own sushi-gobbling son, who lives maybe a mile away, hasn't discovered it. Then again, I can. The tiny, obscure store and takeout sushi bar thrives on support from Japanese locals. It's situated in a neighborhood where a lot of Japanese live, and the community's Japanese newspaper is all over it. At least, that's what the sushi chef told me. But I still would have expected word-of-mouth to gallop amongst Dallas foodies ever since Sidedish and the hounds of chow put the word out. Let me whet your appetite with the spider roll: The freshest, crunchiest, most delicate soft-shell crab was cradled in perfect sushi rice (sticky but not stuck together) and secured by ocean-fresh nori drizzled with a fleetingly sweet, soy-ish glaze. Every mouthful was complete, without the soy-wasabi dipping sauce Americans mix reflexively at sushi bars. Price: $4.99. I also tried the spicy tuna roll with bigeye tuna: Each bite felt luminous. Price: $3.99. Big mouthfuls of nigiri, one draped with amberjack and one with a scallop, tread the same pristine waters. One was $2; one was $2.50. And I don't think this was a case of just getting lucky. There is plenty of fresh raw seafood ready to take home for your own sushi and sashimi: from the amberjack ($36.99 a pound) to uni (sea urchin, $89.99/pound). Scottish salmon is a relative bargain at $17.99/pound, and, for all you Sicilians, this is the only place I've seen fresh cuttlefish (dressed, sans ink, $12.99/pound). Most of the store's packaged products are labeled in Japanese. The only way to identify some items is by the English-language ingredient list and Nutrition Facts Panel. This is also Pocky paradise, with more than half a dozen variations of the stick candy, including Almond Crush, coconut and blueberry. Also on the shelves: multiple varieties of tofu and miso, Japanese cooking CDs (in Japanese), sushi-making tools and ingredients, Tobiko flying fish caviar, seaweed salad and rice balls on a stick (tapioca-gnocchi chewy with a sweet soy glaze). The last one is reserved for us texture freakazoids; you can't eat just one. They also are made with bean paste coating. All this, in a space about the size of an Ikea bedroom. I could be more specific - like give you the sushi chef's name and all - except these people twice did not answer their phone. An electronic voice implores you to "please call back." Please just go. It's at 2760 Trinity Mills (a street number you will never see) at the southwest corner of Trinity Mills and Marsh. You can try own luck with the phone: 214-483-5839. And hey, they're open on July Fourth. You can have sushi with your fireworks. Gotta bring your own sake, though. |
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Posted by Donna @ 5:34 PM Wed, Jul 02, 2008
Oh man, the secret's out.
Posted by Ralphie @ 11:02 AM Thu, Jul 03, 2008
Yep, Kim... now you've done it!
Posted by Kim Pierce @ 11:07 AM Thu, Jul 03, 2008
Michael Sills, MD, sent me this via e-mail:
Teiichi Sakurai took me there last year and told me that it was the best sushi fish in the city. He gave Tomohiro Kamiyama (the owner) his refrigerators and helped him with what to order for the local community to make sushi/sashimi at home. Tomohiro will give you insights as to what is the most fresh and how to prepare it as well as what to serve with it. You can all ahead and he will cut fish for you as well…all you need is the right knife…www.korin.com.
Posted by Billusa99 @ 9:42 PM Thu, Jul 03, 2008
It's an absolutely awful place. It's too small. You won't like it. It's north of 635. it's in suburbia. There's SUVs everywhere. And Plano people, too. Don't believe her.
PLEASE.STAY.AWAY!
Posted by Chris @ 12:25 PM Sun, Jul 06, 2008
Total hole in the wall with amazing cheap sushi (two words that never go together)!! Stopped in yesterday, and was enormously pleased with the quality and the price. Very fresh fish, and one of the only places in town that does scallops without the mayonnaise. Tough place to find, but worth looking it up.