Authentic Restaurant

Shenayh Rivera-Melendez
Teaching Divers Populations
Professor A. Navarro
Restaurant Experience
Amura

Having a bad first experience with sushi from Target, all thanks to my older sister, I was wary when she invited me to go to this Sushi Restaurant with her significant other. But always one to try and try again, I decided to go; it was bound to be better than my previous experience! As my first experience in a Japanese type restaurant I was impressed by the friendly service and timely execution of the delivery of the food, and the amount too! One thing is for sure, you are sure to get your money’s worth because their sushi portions are big enough to feed three persons with just one order. The prices are not too expensive, depending on what one orders. For it varies, from the sushi (which go for around six dollars) to elegantly prepared fish meal (which could go for around twenty dollars or more).
Upon entering the restaurant of Amura one gains a stronger sense of the culture’s tradition in smell, sight, presentation in what they are all about. It’s hard not to find oneself immerse in it all. The cultures is strongly prominent in theme and service, this is obviously something which they take pride in; a quality we tend to find lacking in fast food chain restaurants. A culture shock is the best description for it. The Amura is a Japanese restaurant with a unique classic restaurant setting which included a sushi bar. Mainly decorated with rich colors like burgundy and black, exuding a smell of delicious fresh food, resonating with the essence of professional and exceptional service, and having a calming, yet modern atmosphere, it was not surprising that the place was packed.
The sushi was unmatched in terms of quality for it was served fresh prepared in front of the customers in the display area of the sushi bar where we sat, and served on classic black, flat Japanese plates with green wasabi, black soy sauce, and a pair of chopsticks on the side. One could tell the food was fresh as it had no strong odor of fish to it and the food was a healthy color of pink and gold (I watch a lot of cooking shows). My favorite dish was the shrimp tempura with avocado and cream cheese. First of all, it had avocado, which is my absolute favorite fruit of all time, and who doesn’t like cream cheese? Served in a classic sushi roll with rice and wrapped in seaweed and filled with generously portioned, crunchy, golden-brown warm shrimp and a smear of cream cheese, made this dish a heavenly piece of perfection to my tastes buds. Although generously-portioned, it was perfectly portioned in terms of it being bite-sized, adding to my delight in consuming the product. The experience was completely satisfactory in terms of the food, service and overall presentation of the place, and nothing as I expected.