Sushi from Furusato to go

Furusato Japanese Restaurant
10012 82 Avenue
Edmonton, AB
www.furusatojapaneserestaurant.com

Yesterday when I firmly planted myself at Luzzara, I longingly looked at Furusato across the street. I first experienced Furusato last September when I came for the Edmonton International Film Festival. At that time, I had just started eating fish and seafood again after 10 years of vegan living (being unable to open jars at the age of 30 due to psoriasis affected joints wasn’t cool in my books, so fish got added to my diet and helped immensely). It was great. Maybe not (in my foggy memory) Vancouver sushi house amazing but for the middle of the prairies it was superb. And according to the Edmontonians in Luzzara with me, it is the best in Edmonton.



I trudged through the slush filled street to get some takeaway. Sarah requested Avocado rolls (without the tempura as she can’t have gluten) and I decided on the Tempera & Sashimi combo that includes 3 types of fish and prawn, prawn and veggie tempura, rice and miso soup. I watched the chef make the avocado rolls - chunks of avocado spread across an inner sheet of nori on a thin blanket of rice. Once it’s rolled, he cut paper thin slices of avocado at an amazing speed and fanned them over the top of the long roll. He then rolled it one last time and sliced them into 8 pieces. He left out the prawn tempura but Sarah said it was definitely delicious without it.



My dish was epic - definitely Alberta sized portions. I had at least 10 pieces or so of tempura and 10 pieces of Sashimi plus an ample portion of rice. They did forget to include wasabi so I didn’t get that extra hit of hot that I love but I had more chance to taste the sashimi. It was thicker than I was used to but still tasted fresh and went down well. The salmon had a few stringy bits so it wasn’t as smooth as I’ve had before. The most disappointing was the miso soup. As one of my favourite soups, I look forward to it as a start to any sushi meal. This version had a handful of spinach added. To most people, this would be an amazing addition. Unfortunately, I’m allergic to Spinach and all green leafy lettucey type veggies. So no soup for me.

In total everything came to $28 with a tip and I walked away with 2 full bags of food. We’re off for sushi again tonight for my mom’s birthday so I’ll have to compare the two. Which will be the best in Edmonton according to the taste buds of me? Tonight will be the big test so watch this space for more details.