Sushi in the Slope

Oshima sushi
71 7th Ave, Park Slope, Brooklyn 11217
At Berkeley Pl
718-783-1888

We've relied on Oshima as our go-to sushi delivery in the Slope for over a year now, and we finally decided to get ourselves up there in person. Oshima is up north on 7th Ave, at Berkeley Place. Inside it has wooden panelling and appears to be a typical sushi place, cozy enough. There is a bar to sit and watch the sushi chefs which is always fun. We ended up outside as it was a nice day, in the back garden, with the ivy growing along all of the surrounding buildings. The service was great, and the sushi was tasty as always, so we'll have to remember to come back if/when we want real live sushi outside of our own apartment.

Our staples for ordering are the spicy roll special plus the sunset roll, which is basically a california roll with salmon & avocado on top. Always nice presentation too.

This time we decided we should mix it up a bit. We tried the shrimp gyoza special appetizer which was AMAZING, as was the sauce, wish those were on offer every day!
We tried a special that was different--salmon, coriander, & jalepeno....very unique; now coriander is my favorite herb for sure, but all in all I probably wouldn't order that one again, a bit too bizarre. Also tried the "Fire dragon" with eel and avocado, plus spicy tuna on top of it, which was ok but not as great as the sunset roll favorite.

Overall the quality of sushi at Oshima always makes my tummy happy, but will probably go less into the strange mix-it-up adventure rolls, and stick to my favs which are generally salmon/avocado, tuna, and california, with some eel avocado thrown in for good measure.

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Friday night Sushi, Blue Ginger

Blue Ginger
106 8th Ave
Chelsea, Manhattan
(212) 352-0911


Friday nights vary between super-excitement for the weekend, and, on tougher weeks, sheer exhaustion from an endless week.... this past Friday was more of the exhaustion category, but we still craved a yummy meal after a travel day at work. We had thoughts of Mary Ann's margaritas and Mexican in the Chelsea, which is always tasty, but walked in and decided it was way too loud, couldn't hear each other talk. There's a nice strip of restaurants along that block, so we decided to check out Blue Ginger for some sushi.

Blue Ginger has a nice feel, classic sushi restaurant, sushi bar with chefs rolling and chopping at high speed. The windows and front were open for the warm summer breezes. We sat in a corner table in the front to get the breeze. It wasn't too crowded and definitely quieter, service was efficient.

We stuck with the classics (for us) sushi-wise, but all was very tasty. They do have a list of special (i.e. fancy and more expensive) rolls, which I'm usually very tempted by, being a woman who loves many flavors, but this night I decided to stick with those I know. So I had the Alaska, spicy tuna, and eel avocado rolls, plus some pork gyoza. Hubby had spicy roll combo that he always loves, with the salad. Their ginger dressing was particularly good. Eel was a tiny bit chewier than I'm used to; otherwise all was great. The presentation/plating was very nice. Nice cozy ambiance at night for a date. Lunch specials sound good for those who work nearby too!

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