Went to Midori Sushi this past Thursday night for my maiden voyage and had a great time and some wonderful Sushi.
I sat at the Sushi Bar in the last seat available - pretty crowded on a Thursday after 8 p.m. Met a wonderful couple of poeple at the Sushi Bar who are regulars and informed me that Thursdays are a big, big night for the regulars to visit. I'll be among that group in short order.
About 2 minutes after I sat down the upthread aforementioned Roberto handed me a plate of a single eel maki to try as he did for a few others at the Sushi Bar - what a nice welcome!
I felt really "at home" and welcomed in this place - an auspicious start.
I ordered the Popular Maki roll which, if memory serves, was tuna, salmon, spicy mayo and cucumber? Anyway, it was outstanding and very cheap. About 7-8 huge pieces of maki with large cuts of sushi and I think it cost $11. I know the quality of Midori's sushi has been questioned on here - not this night. Very fresh, large portions. My favorite sushi place in the City was Matsuya over near Wrigley Field, but that's so far away for me now and there's a new champ in town!
I tried something I can't remember having before - White Tuna. This was thinly sliced about two inches wide and three inches long and you take a piece of drired seaweed, lather it up with spicay mayo, slap on the white tuna and roll - WOW!
I liked it so much I got a side of White Tuna shashimi which was very good. I also ordered a coupld of scallop and octupus sashimis which were large-portioned and fresh and tasty.
In addition, MS offers a number (3 or 4?) of free and sizeable appetizers as well -
a green bean and mushroom dish with chili sauce - beans were very good
A nice Japanese salad - very good
Miso Soup - solid
One other I cannot describe.
Good hot green tea.
What a wonderful, fresh, flavorful, large amount of Sushi for less than $30 including tax and tip.
I'll be back and you should too.
Bster