Sushi Boat, Manchester Center, VT
I found this place a few weeks prior while my stepmother and
I were on the hunt for a nail place that is open on Sundays (FYI no luck finding one :/). She mentioned
that she had heard good things about Sushi Boat but hated fish so I should try
it at some point, so on the 4th of July I dragged my husband down to
it. It was open normal hours even though it was a holiday, so that was nice.
We walked in and were greeted by a lady behind the counter
and told to sit anywhere… and then we sat… and sat… and sat… finally Andy
grabbed a menu for us to at least read through. By the time the woman came over
with water we knew what we wanted. So service –wise there was a lot to be
desired.
To make up for that though, the food came out very quickly.
We ordered a Philadelphia Roll – your standard salmon, cream cheese and
cucumber; a Fire Cracker roll - a spicy
tuna roll with tempura crunchies on the outside; and a Red Dragon roll – a
spicy tuna with more tuna on top. Obviously we are fans of the spic tuna and
its variations but this was our first time out so we had to go with our normal
choices first.
The rolls were all beautiful and like I mentioned came out
quickly. The rice was a lot better than a few places we had already tried, Yama
in West Lebanon, NH, the pre-made at Price Chopper etc. The rice was a bit
overdone for my liking but it is better than crunchy, so better than the other
places. The tuna was a good quality from what we could tell, it tasted
wonderful. I was hoping for more heat in the spicy tuna but it was good. The
Fire Cracker tempura crunch on the outside was a great addition to the texture
of the roll; it helped with the squishy rice.
Later during the meal we were offered tea and that made my
day, even though it was warm out the tea was Jasmine and it was very refreshing
and steeped very well. I love teas….
Price-wise, what we chose were on the more expensive end of
the menu, we paid about $35 for the 3 rolls. At the end of our meal we got up
to pay and the chef rung us up, he was very nice and polite. They were good
sushi for VT; I think that we may go back to this place.
