"Cheap and good sushi in HOUSTON? No freaking way!So I used an UberEats promo to get myself an Avobomb and a sashimi combination on the affordable, fully expecting suburb-class sushi. After all, this summer 's been hell on the sweats, and I really needed some cold food to cool my tongue.And lo and behold they actually brought me the gouda cheesefish what I call good hamachi). The only other place I 've been to in the U.S. that has gouda cheesefish is Sushi Ukai in the great Chicagoland.Now, is it the best sashimi I 've ever tasted? Heck no. I 'd be kidding myself to suggest that it 's in the same class as Sushi Ukai or Sushi Hokkaido Sachi in Saigon. But the fact that it 's even close is already quite commendable, considering how this set is like $2.25 per piece, UberEats sale notwithstanding. Each piece is also cut quite long and thin: Big, yet easy to digest, unlike the usual blocks of coldwater wrapped in protein fibers that so often adorn the prime real estate of American strip malls.You see, a good piece of fish should have its own unique, distinctly defined flavor. One may think that raw fish would taste like freshwater for the most part, which is true in any place named Sakura or Fuji . However, in actuality: salmon should taste soft and creamy, tuna bold and savory, escolar smooth and buttery, octopus fresh and chewy, albacore sharp and sardinish, tai red snapper) like nothing at all, and hamachi yellowtail) for some reason tastes like gouda cheese. All of which describe the sashimi set at Hikari perfectly. A light down the infinite highway of Houston, indeed. Hikari means light, by the way.)Oh, and uh, the avocado bomb is good too, I guess. It 's one of those American-style over-engineered and deep-fried appetizers that I enjoy in a vacuum, but would rather not write much about.TL;DR Pretty good feesh."
