Randy "nanonoko" Lew
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Sushi Samba!
I love love eating food! You might not think that given my weight but I really do! It’s one of the things, I really look forward to when I leave home. When I went to shoot the PokerStars Big Game about a month ago, for dinner we went to ‘Sushi Samba’ in Las Vegas. I never knew about this place until Randy Dorfman (yes cool name like me!) told me that it was a must go while I was down in Australia for the Aussie Millions. He pretty much said hands down this is the place to go …you must go! Dorfman and I kept on running into each other during the Aussie Millions and was always very friendly! So meanwhile, I was in Vegas, why not try it out!
So Sushi Samba is a fusion type tapas style food using Japanese, Brazilian and Peruvian style. I love tapas style food since you get a bunch of little dishes in which you get to try a huge variety of foods! I must say that some of the dishes were quite interesting to say the least. We had the waitress choose a bunch of stuff for us since the menu was a bit overwhelming so we were definitely in for a surprise!
Mini Yellowtail Tacos! These were soooo delicious!
Tuna Tataki! I love seared tuna…and no that’s not a rock under it!
Berkshire Pork Gyoza! They have kabocha (Japanese Pumpkin) puree under it…like HALLOWEEN!
Salmon Sashimi Samba Style!
This plate had a few different things. On the top left was some sort of steak…wasn’t that impressive. And those yellow looking popcorn things are Peruvian Corn. They are soft on the outside but kind of hard in the core and can be a bit annoying to eat. The top right is Miso Sea Bass skewers which was outrageously delicious but not enough of it to eat! And the big thing on the right was Alaskan King Crab Leg which was very meaty!
For a place named sushi samba, I was a bit disappointed by the sushi she chose for us. On the top was a vegetarian roll which consisted of rice, CHEESE (WHAT!?!), sauce and fried stuff. This wasn’t so impressive. The other sushi below which was pretty decent. It was rice, avocado, bell pepper and I want to say eel inside but it could have been shrimp.
Now this dessert was a SURPRISE! It was a lot of fruit in it which is really nice because I love berries in this fashion. It was accompanied by yuzu (lemon) sorbet but on top of that was ‘POP ROCKS’! I don’t know if you’ve ever had pop rocks but basically it touches your tongue and it feels like your mouth is having a firework show within. Don’t know if I loved the ‘POP ROCKS’ but I love the creativity.
Overall, would I go back? Yep, I was actually reasonably content eating here and now that I’m familiar with the menu, I would be able to pick and choose my items to my palette!
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