Yoi Yoi

When one of my favorite "authentic" sushi spots just got rammed in the ass with a 61/U hot poker recently, I went into a depression and was reduced to this... Ok, I was lazy and didn't want to drive far from my dump on a Monday night. They took over the same space as Sakura Stix, can't remember if the interior has changed much... Who cares but their website is still active which is super FOBBY. Is it the same owners just rebranding the joint? Could be because the menu is almost exactly the same except for the addition of bento boxes. They speak Mandarin so, you know the food will be authentic Japanese. Ok, can't really bust balls until you try it.

How bad can it be? They have bento boxes...

Famous last words.

Ubiquitous carrot ginger salad and miso soup. If you like sesame oil that comes in the Costco gallon size for a family of 28, this dressing is for you. The sesame oil dominated the ginger/carrot and left a thin film of it in your mouth that basically null and void anything you eat after. If you like instant miso that comes in those little packets with tiny freeze dried cubes of tofu that you keep in your office drawer for when the zombie apocalypse comes, this soup is for you. I bet those preppers have cases of this stuff in their bunkers.

Sushi Dinner For 1- First thought... Taste the Rainbow... wasn't it. Play-Doh was more like it. This entire meal tasted like it was made in Home Economics 101 in a Winder high school... In summer school. All the previously frozen to death slices of chum were tasteless, textureless, vibrantless and nameless. It was either mushy or stringy. They used dried up chives from like the week before for garnish on a couple pieces. Shrimp tempura roll was over fried and burnt. The best thing on the plate was the fucking California rolls. Even the wasabi was watered down. Who the fuck waters down wasabi? Adding insult to injury, they place a sprig of parsley on the corner for that Lap Of  Luxury feeling... Only thing I could do was LOL. That was the only thing that was fresh on the plate.

Bento Box- Coconut walnut prawn with lemon aioli coconut sauce and candied walnuts. Bento box my ass, this looks more like the dinner tray in Cell Block C at County... Not that I would know but I've seen it on TV before on Criminal Minds, so I'm an expert. Half of this box was frozen previously- the nasty little soggy battered shrimp soaked in liquified mayo to the semi-baked veggie eggroll tasted like freezer burn. The stars of the show was the California roll (which is called a "crab roll" made out of pollock surimi) and the steamed rice (when you are craving for one thing, 3000 times in one sitting). Don't drop the soap, errr, I mean orange slices.

The couple in the table across the way ordered 2 giant platters of assorted "sooshie"... Hope they got a good supply of TP back home.

Time to purge, seppuku style.

Flush.

857 Collier Rd NW #11
Atlanta, Georgia 30318
(404) 351-1788
http://yoiyoisushi.com/