Sushi #5: Teak – Zombie roll, Who Dey roll, spicy tuna roll,
and aged tofu – $30.50
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| Aged Tofu |
Alright, I’m kicking 2 of these out
in a row, so we’ll save you the small talk.
If you read these and you like the small talk let me know. I have a lot going on in life and I like to
talk about anything going on so I can look back on this later and say “holy
shit, I completely forgot about that thing I did that week! That was awesome.” Also, I’ve added a much needed search bar and
some fun fish that you can feed to go along with the sushi!!! Just left click on their tank.
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| Zombie roll and spicy tuna |
Teak is usually rated as
one of the best in the city for Thai food.
I live 2 blocks from Teak in Mt.
Adams Hyde
Park , but Teak has a bad ass outdoor Patio and soon will have
another section of the indoor building opened.
The place really is gigantic! There
is a parking lot for Mt.
Adams
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| Who Dey roll. Very unique presentation. |
The menu includes traditional Thai dishes as
well as a long sushi
list. There are a few things I have seen
on other menu’s such as gyoza dumplings, calamari, spicy octopus, edamame and
tempura veggie’s/shrimp. As an
appetizer, my friend and I went with something new, aged tofu (4.50$). This was new and interesting to me, it was
like a tempura tofu, but with these flavorful flakes in the center and this all
went well in the ponzu sauce. I love
tempura batter, so I’d get it again for 4.50$.
As far as sushi goes, one of my favorite things about where we sat,
against the window by the sushi counter, was the plethora of cool little wooden
sushi boats. Brings back growing up as a
little kid at the park in Milwaukee . I asked what the specialty was that everyone
likes and the waiter suggested the Who Dey roll (roll topped with spicy crab
mix, an orange slice, and 2 colored masago roe, 12$). This is the coolest looking rolls up to now
in my sushi reviews by far and the crab mix on top was also the best I’ve had. It took time for them to individually top
each piece of the sushi with an orange sliver and 2 kinds of caviar. We also got a spicy tuna (5.50$), which was
one of highest quality I’ve seen of just pieces of tuna topped with a spicy
sauce, not a mayo. The zombie roll (tuna,
salmon, whitefish, avocado, masago & scallion roll topped with spicy sauce,
8.50$), again this was not a mayo. When
you look at the price, you have to remember that we fed 2 people on this. I was happily surprised with the quality and
tastiness of my Teak experience, but I have to take them down here for the lack
of service. It was Sunday, and there
weren’t that many people in there to have bad service, but it took a long time
to prepare, and I ordered extra wasabi and it took 10 minutes for it to come
out to the sushi counter, and since we were sitting right next to it we saw it
and took it…oops! Hahaha! That’s how we roll.
I think Teak will stay as one of my favorites during this
quest due to its good selection, quality, atmosphere/size, and the fact that
it’s so close to everyone in the city. I
like that I can walk to it, but that doesn’t shape my opinion seeing as I work
all the way out in Florence and am used to driving a half hour for great food.
