moshi moshi

2092 3rd street @ 18th, potrero hill/dogpatch. near burning man headquarters!

motivation: walking to dinner but our favorite quick thai food place was closed.

quality: we found ourselves at moshi moshi, desperate for vegetables in a house of meat. the menu here is heavy on the broiled and cooked, be it chicken wings, chicken croquette, or beef skewers. no me gusta. conversely, they also have a large variety of interesting veggie rolls: shitake maki, asparagus maki, spinach maki, "she's so cute" (cucumber + shiso), and "peace" (most of all those). so we were gonna be ok. we also had the tasty house green salad, real kani (my kani runneth over!) and large slices of nigiri. the maguro was average, the hamachi chewy and the unagi mediocre. conclusion: sushi is not their strength.

belly: we left replenished but not satiated. luckily the prices didn't do much damage either.

note: the place was recently remodeled, so the bathrooms and decor overall has improved. they have homey personal touches of kids' art on the walls next to a 1942 japanese interment poster. perhaps not so homey. pinky found the other art appalling but i'm pretty sure their exhibits changed regularly. the musical playlist was slightly schizophrenic--led zeppelin, stevie wonder, the cure. the bar has a bar feel, but you don't really want to stick around and flirt with anyone there. there's likely a big lunch crowd from the nearby ucsf mission bay science geeks. the place is also light rail accessible, a nice little plus for the ball-game folks. but you won't find me here very often.

itadakimasu!