Sushi, Roll Depot

Harris just wanted rice and seaweed,
so they brought her this seaweed salad.
I have a feeling you can buy it in 10-gallon buckets
from whatever the Japanese equivalent
of Sysco is, but it's pretty tasty.

Calm down; it's just chopsticks, people.

Red dragon roll.

Spicy dynamite roll.



Salmon skin roll.  The enthusiastic waiter highly recommended this,
but I (Jenne) thought it was entirely gross. 
I don't think the others hated it quite as much.

Crunchy roll, but the crunchies were stale.  Sad-face.

California roll.  Meh.

Rating: Two thumbs down

Date: 8/11/12

Time in: 5:50 PM 

Servers' recommendations: Salmon skin roll, red dragon roll

What we ordered: Salmon skin roll, red dragon roll, spicy dynamite roll, crunchy roll, California roll, seaweed salad, bowl of rice

Number in our party: 4 (with Anna and Harris)

Final check amount: I forgot to write it down, but it was about $10 each.

Notes: 

• The punctuation on the sign sure is puzzling.  On their website, they leave out the comma.
• The server was very nice and enthusiastic, and he tried so hard.  We didn't like the food and he could tell, which made us feel bad.  He graciously got Harris a bowl of plain rice, even though it wasn't on the menu.
• The rice in the rolls must be pressed into some sort of mold -- they're too square on the edges to have been rolled the traditional way.
• The red dragon roll tasted pretty good.  It was the first to come out, and we were fairly pleased with it.  Unfortunately, the meal went downhill from there.
• The salmon skin was a bit chewy.  I didn't find it disgusting like Jenne did, but it didn't taste good either.
• The crunchy bits on the crunchy roll...weren't.  They were stale.  Plus, the mayo sauce drizzled on top was spicy!  We all know how I (Miko) feel about spicy.
• The rolls that were marked "spicy" were actually quite spicy.  (And some that were NOT marked spicy were too -- see above.)  That's unusual for a sushi restaurant. 
• The ginger tasted like cleaner.
• Harris enjoyed her bowl of rice, but Jenne and I (being the rice snobs our Conquest has made us) noted that it looked rather dry.
• This was the second two-thumbs-down restaurant in a row!  Ouch, that's never happened before.  And we felt bad that we invited Anna along for the first Convoy experience of her life, and THIS was what she got.  Boo.

RESTAURANT INFORMATION

Address: 4225 Convoy St

Phone number: 858.560.5345
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/sushirolldepot/

Accepts credit cards? Yes, but there's a $10 minimum.
Parking: Crowded lot with itty-bitty spaces
Ideal group size: 1-4

Available vegetarian options: Vegetable roll, tamago, edamame and other appetizers, ice cream

Noise level: 2