Steve
09-18-2005, 02:05 PM
RA Sushi offers an atmosphere that's off the beaten path.
By Ken White
RA Sushi offers Pacific Rim cuisine, sushi and a nontraditional, upbeat atmosphere with a view of the Strip at the Fashion Show mall, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
There's a cocktail lounge and 16-seat sushi bar in a decor that includes various-sized red ball lights hanging overhead and candles during dinner hours to add to the ambience.
A DJ plays music at dinner Thursdays through Sundays.
The restaurant is part of a chain with locations in the Arizona cities of Scottsdale, Tempe and Ahwahtukee, as well as San Diego and Chicago.
RA Sushi has 220 seats (including patio), and is open daily for lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and dinner 4 to midnight. Happy hour food and drink specials are served from 4 to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The bar is open until 2 a.m. daily.
• Starters: Blue claw crab cakes with ginger mayo and daikon sprout sunomono ($8.75); salmon won tons with salmon, spinach and seasoned cream cheese and a spicy mustard sauce ($6.75); smoked plum spare ribs ($7.75); kamakura tofu, Japanese eggplant and tofu with red miso ginger sauce ($8.75); albacore tataki, thinly sliced albacore served over shredded daikon radish with an onion-soy vinaigrette ($10.25); and lobster spring rolls ($9.25).
• Soups and salads: Miso soup with tofu, seaweed and green onion broth ($3); sesame chicken salad ($8.50); tuna tataki salad ($11.75); octopus salad ($4); and uchi no salad with mixed greens and soy ginger vinaigrette ($4).
• Entrees: Black pepper beef fillet medallions with wasabi mashed potatoes and grilled vegetables ($20.75); chicken katsu, breaded chicken breast served on Asian cole slaw with wasabi mashed potatoes and Asian barbecue dipping sauce ($12.25); apple teriyaki salmon topped with a sautéed Fuji apple glaze, plus wasabi mashed potatoes ($15); seared ahi tuna with wasabi mashed potatoes and seasoned grilled vegetables ($18.75); tutumiyaki sea bass with Asian vegetables and rice ($17.50).
Sushi rolls: Viva Las Vegas roll, created exclusively for the new location by executive chef Tai Obata, features kani kama and cream cheese rolled in rice and seaweed, lightly tempura-battered and topped with spicy tuna, crab mix and sliced lotus root, finished with eel sauce and spinach tempura flakes ($10); Crazy Monkey roll, smoked salmon, mango and cream cheese topped with avocado, red tempura bits, cashew nuts and mango sauce ($8.75); tootsie roll, crab mix, shrimp and cucumber rolled and topped with crunchy tempura bits and drizzled with a sweet eel sauce ($6.75); Godzilla roll, shrimp tempura, crab mix cream cheese and cucumber rolled and topped with spicy tuna and spinach tempura flakes ($10); and Fiji roll, fresh water eel, kani kama, asparagus, cucumber, kaiware, lettuce and cream cheese rolled and topped with spinach tempura flakes ($7.50).
• Extras: The sushi bar features a variety of nigiri, maki, sashimi, special rolls, hand rolls and sashimi plates ($1.50-$14).
Lunch specials include bento boxes with a choice of shrimp tempura; shrimp and vegetable tempura; vegetable tempura; chicken, beef and salmon teriyaki; and chicken katsu, each served with miso soup, rice, salad, spinach gyoza and vegetable spring roll ($5.50-$7 each).
• Desserts: Coconut cr?me bržlée ($4.50); fried banana with Kahlua ($5.50); cinnamon tempura ice cream ($5.50); seasonal cheesecake ($5); green tea ice cream and chocolate ice cream ($3 each).
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By Ken White
RA Sushi offers Pacific Rim cuisine, sushi and a nontraditional, upbeat atmosphere with a view of the Strip at the Fashion Show mall, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
There's a cocktail lounge and 16-seat sushi bar in a decor that includes various-sized red ball lights hanging overhead and candles during dinner hours to add to the ambience.
A DJ plays music at dinner Thursdays through Sundays.
The restaurant is part of a chain with locations in the Arizona cities of Scottsdale, Tempe and Ahwahtukee, as well as San Diego and Chicago.
RA Sushi has 220 seats (including patio), and is open daily for lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and dinner 4 to midnight. Happy hour food and drink specials are served from 4 to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The bar is open until 2 a.m. daily.
• Starters: Blue claw crab cakes with ginger mayo and daikon sprout sunomono ($8.75); salmon won tons with salmon, spinach and seasoned cream cheese and a spicy mustard sauce ($6.75); smoked plum spare ribs ($7.75); kamakura tofu, Japanese eggplant and tofu with red miso ginger sauce ($8.75); albacore tataki, thinly sliced albacore served over shredded daikon radish with an onion-soy vinaigrette ($10.25); and lobster spring rolls ($9.25).
• Soups and salads: Miso soup with tofu, seaweed and green onion broth ($3); sesame chicken salad ($8.50); tuna tataki salad ($11.75); octopus salad ($4); and uchi no salad with mixed greens and soy ginger vinaigrette ($4).
• Entrees: Black pepper beef fillet medallions with wasabi mashed potatoes and grilled vegetables ($20.75); chicken katsu, breaded chicken breast served on Asian cole slaw with wasabi mashed potatoes and Asian barbecue dipping sauce ($12.25); apple teriyaki salmon topped with a sautéed Fuji apple glaze, plus wasabi mashed potatoes ($15); seared ahi tuna with wasabi mashed potatoes and seasoned grilled vegetables ($18.75); tutumiyaki sea bass with Asian vegetables and rice ($17.50).
Sushi rolls: Viva Las Vegas roll, created exclusively for the new location by executive chef Tai Obata, features kani kama and cream cheese rolled in rice and seaweed, lightly tempura-battered and topped with spicy tuna, crab mix and sliced lotus root, finished with eel sauce and spinach tempura flakes ($10); Crazy Monkey roll, smoked salmon, mango and cream cheese topped with avocado, red tempura bits, cashew nuts and mango sauce ($8.75); tootsie roll, crab mix, shrimp and cucumber rolled and topped with crunchy tempura bits and drizzled with a sweet eel sauce ($6.75); Godzilla roll, shrimp tempura, crab mix cream cheese and cucumber rolled and topped with spicy tuna and spinach tempura flakes ($10); and Fiji roll, fresh water eel, kani kama, asparagus, cucumber, kaiware, lettuce and cream cheese rolled and topped with spinach tempura flakes ($7.50).
• Extras: The sushi bar features a variety of nigiri, maki, sashimi, special rolls, hand rolls and sashimi plates ($1.50-$14).
Lunch specials include bento boxes with a choice of shrimp tempura; shrimp and vegetable tempura; vegetable tempura; chicken, beef and salmon teriyaki; and chicken katsu, each served with miso soup, rice, salad, spinach gyoza and vegetable spring roll ($5.50-$7 each).
• Desserts: Coconut cr?me bržlée ($4.50); fried banana with Kahlua ($5.50); cinnamon tempura ice cream ($5.50); seasonal cheesecake ($5); green tea ice cream and chocolate ice cream ($3 each).
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