Passion Fin — Restaurant in Virginia

Passion Fin has a mixed menu of Thai, Japanese, Chinese, and some miscellaneous Asian dishes. We decided to try out a mix of everything and here's what we found.

Satay Chicken - Not good. It was fried instead of grilled which is the traditional Thai way to cook it. The chicken was chewy and overdone due to frying it. The peanut sauce was different but good.

Crab Wonton - Typical frozen, store bought, wonton you'd get at any cheap Chinese take-out joint. Was really hoping for something authentic and handmade. They weren't expensive but not worth the money.

Hawaii Poke - not traditional Hawaiian at all. Big bed of greens with a tiny bit of seaweed salad and about 6 small pieces of seared tuna. Traditional poke bowl use raw seafood not seared. Very expensive at almost $14 and not worth the money at all. Really disappointed by this one.

Baby Octopus - Menu stated this dish was grilled but they seemed to be boiled as they were chewy and rubbery. Out of the 6 tiny octopi we got only 2 were tender enough to eat and this dish was also very $$$. Grilled octopus when done right should melt in your mouth. These were like chewy rubber bands.

Chirashi - Decent serving of sashimi on a thick pile of rice. The sashimi was fresh and good size portions. No complaints on this one for price, quality, or quantity.

Dynamite Roll and Black Dragon Roll - These rolls were both a good choice with nice fresh chunks of sashimi and good sized rolls for the $.

I think this restaurant does well on the sushi/sashimi but hit or miss on everything else. Service was good and it was a nice restaurant.

And YES, I have lived in/been to Thailand, China, Japan, Hawaii, multiple times so have a solid frame of reference for my critique...

My husband and I stopped in at Passion Fin. We were excited to try the sushi and cuisine after reading reviews. Expectations were high. Husband started with salald, typical flavors expected. I had miso soup, which compared to other restraunts we have eaten at, from Maryland throughout Virginia can best be described as ehh. Again lacking flavor, and honestly tasted similar to store bought packet miso soup. The Sushi we ordered was a variety of rolls, usual suspects; Phili Roll, Unagi, assorted maki and the Dinosaur Egg, we both can say all was outstanding. The flavors, and freshness was there. We then moved on to try the dinners. Husband ordered the Sushi Dinner which also screamed fresh. All in all the Sushi lives up to the reputation and was outstanding. But that was the end of expectstion bubble. Hisband ordered the Seafood Drunken Noodles, disappointed they didn't have Beef. Which he uses to compare restraunts. 5 scallops, 5 shrimp. The heat was there but not much more could be said about other flavors. I ordered the Steak and Shrimp Hibachi. To say Disappointed is an under statement. Lacked seasoning, bland tasting. For the first time I was looking for a salt or pepper shaker. The staff was outstanding, attentive and friendly. We were originally seated at a small table for 2 but our order obvipusly would overwhelm our table. They quickly and graciously moved us to a larger table before the sushi arrived. For the price we both expected more flavor. All in all 3 stars mainly for sushi and for the outstanding customer service and attentiveness. Not sure worth a repeat drive from...

One time one person in my party got food poisoning. Happens sometimes and I'll give another chance if the food is decent. Then this last time the did something unforgivable and I will never return. They served my sushi dinner and all the rolls ordered with reheated white rice. Anyone that's ever eaten Chinese leftovers knows the texture of microwaved white rice. According to Jiro Dreams of Sushi the rice is more important than the fish in sushi. I'm not saying this has to be on Nobu's level of sushi but I expect better than a grocery store quality. So the kitchen must of run out of fresh rice and nuked white rice to keep up with the diners. Disgusting. And them I'm put in the awkward position of complaining which I hate to do. They should know better and not be greedy and serve microwaved rice. It literally was partially hard as reheated white rice is. Not fresh, warm, vinegar marinated sushi rice. So now I have to drive to Fairfax for Gyu Shige or Blue Ocean I literally googled best sushi in Nova after my...