House of Yoshida — Restaurant in Bethel

Take this with grain salt. I have high expectations for this place being at the chef/ owner is Japanese. The places is busy and popular, but there’s not a lot of options in the area so that’s not telling of the quality or lack there of.

I think would normally give this place three out of five but two issues forced it down to a 1. First off I was served Uni that clearly had gone bad. We’re not talking about older Uni that starts to kind of melt. Uni is extremely delicate and as it ages the cell structures breaks down and it kinda melts. It loses some of its texture, but overall the unique but wonderful taste is still there. I’ve had only like this many times and not as good as super fresh, but I still enjoy it as the flavor is still there in the creaminess.

That is not what happened here. I was served Uni that was clearly rotten. It made me gag. I love Uni. It’s actually my favorite sushi flavor. The creamy ocean flavor is unlike anything else. But what was served was not poor quality it was horrible unsafe quality!!!! I complained to the manager and she said she’d take it off the check.

Other issue was the pork belly dish it wasn’t really pork belly. It seemed to be bacon, drowned, and sauce. I was expecting more like a chashu pork belly. And that’s fine you can use thinly sliced pork belly, but this I’m pretty sure it was actually bacon. And that has two issues one it’s overly salty because bacon already a salted product and two when is thinly sliced like that. You have to be careful with the sauce otherwise the piece becomes over marinated and a taste like beef jerky.

Other gripes are subjective. The grilled squid was sitting in a pool of liquid, which means it becomes soggy and diluted. The karaage chicken was not Karaage chicken, but just typical American chicken tender strip. Karaage is always dark meet thigh meat and the batter base is potato starch. The chicken strips were fine, but it’s something I would get it American bar food restaurant.

Maybe this place is just tired or maybe they have conformed to their local clientele. But if you’re looking for authentic flavors and high-quality Japanese food, this is not the place.

I have no issues with the waitress or the hostess. They took her orders and had the food out in a timely manner and we’re polite...

I can only comment on takeout. I've never eaten in here. My experience with some staff members meeting me has been extremely helpful while others literally don't even know what the menu items are, so they end up telling me "We don't make that" even though I've gotten it before, it's on the menu, and I've gotten it subsequently.

My review is really based on on the food itself. I think the sushi rolls are pretty good. Miso is good, house salad is good. Everything else so far is hit or miss.

If you LOVE Japanese food, do you EVER think the word risotto should appear on the menu? I do not. I tried it though, because hey, maybe they know what they're doing and I'll be pleasantly surprised. No. Please no.

I ordered an unagi kabayaki on two different dates as well, the eel has been a little rubbery both times, but this is not too bad, it still tasted good. The worse part is that instead of being on a bed of rice it's on a bed of noodles. You wouldn't think this is a terrible substitution, but for me, it kills it.

So all I'm trying to say is, if you go to a Japanese restaurant and "fusion" is totally acceptable compared to authentic you'll probably be fine. For myself I may have to travel a little further to find something that lives up to its roots a little better.

I haven't tried all their dishes, but I've tried enough at this point to know it's about a 50/50 chance of whether something is going to be really...

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