Blowfish Sushi?

This place was sritten up about two weeks ago for numerous health code violations. It is a trendy spot that got a good review a year or two ago, but I think the health report speaks volumns.

Michael L. wrote:

> I was doing a search hoping to find a place in the United States
> other than New York City that serves tiger fugu also know as the
> lethal blowfish in Japan.  Well, I didn't find anything, but I
> did find a place in San Francisco called Blowfish Sushi located
> on 2170 Bryant Street.  Has anyone eaten there before?  I would
> to hear some feedback on people's dining experiences there.  BTW,
> they do serve blowfish, but it's a Northern Puffer related to the
> tiger fugu but without the extra kick (no pun intended).  It might
> be fun to take friends there, and as a joke, tell them that they
> are eating tiger fugu ;)
>
> dp (Mike Louie)
> dp1 AT rocketmail DOT com
>
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Someone wrote:
>Well, I didn't find anything, but I
>did find a place in San Francisco called Blowfish Sushi located
>on 2170 Bryant Street.  Has anyone eaten there before?  I would
>to hear some feedback on people's dining experiences there.

I posted the following a while back.

[....]
ok, the results.  A bunch of us went and enjoyed it, with caveats. Here are my impressions, in random form:

  - The (nigiri) sushi was very tasty and with pretty large amounts
    of fish.  We had Unagi, Hamachi, Sake, Maguro, Hirame, Toro,
    Ebi, and perhaps a few others.  All were *great*.  The drawback
    was that their rice was so *very* sticky that the nigiri stuck
    to the plate; it would sometimes fall apart when you picked it
    up with chopsticks.

    We had a few rolls too, California Maki, a spicy maguro, etc.
    They were fine, nothing special.  The spicy goo obviously came
    from a tube.

  - The vegetable tempura appetizer I ordered was good, varied, and
    large.  Easily enough of an appetizer for 2 to peck at.  We had
    a couple of them among five, although next time I would order
    the ebi tempura appetizer instead (at least for one).  We also
    tried the Gyoza, it was normal; and the Edamame, which was
    strange.  The salt had all been added -afterwards- instead of
    boiled in, so (like pouring ketchup over fries) a few of the
    beans were totally covered in salt, a few others with none.

  - The staff just drips with that San Francisco Urban-Chic look.
    But surprisingly, not much attitude at all -- they were quite
    approachable.  The bar staff was especially nice.  I left my
    credit card with the bartender and when I went back to close the
    tab, she said "oh this is yours?  darn, we were going to go buy
    dresses."  :-)

    That said, none of the wait staff we talked to knew a thing
    about sushi.  "Can we have an order of Maguro, two Unagi, and
    two Sake?"  .."huh?" "ok.. tuna, two eel, and two salmon?"
    "oh!"

    Service was slow.  This is one of those places where whenever
    you see the waiter/waitress, you bombard them with 10 new
    requests.

  - Sake.  :-)  We truly took advantage of their collection of
    rare/imported Sake's.  Each of the ones we tried were excellent,
    and I especially liked a milky-white (inexpensive) one from Sho
    Chiku-Bai.  The others were a little pricy.

  - Music.  Pretty cool non-throbbing techno piped in.  It wasn't
    overly loud, and contributed to the fun atmosphere.

All in all it was a very enjoyable meal.  Very trendy little scene. Pretty expensive.  I'd go back, and then hit the clubs afterwards..

Allan