Hirose
24631 Crenshaw Blvd. #L
Torrance, CA 90505
(310) 530-3533
Torrance, CA 90505
(310) 530-3533
For Chinese Version, More Pictures of the restaurant. Please Visit http://travelsmart8.blogspot.com/2010/03/hirose-sushi-torrance-ca.html
A Solid 5 Star Lunch Experience.
Decided to visit here after consistent good reviews. However the special priced lunch set promotion was over. There are still lunch menu posted outside of the restaurant. There are set lunch where you can select either sashimi or sushi and one hot/cooked dish. Good value.
Parking: Ample free parking located in the Torrance Crossroads Center.
Now the food:
Salad - We all loved their house special dressing! Mayo, Ponzu (Citrus dressing) with 7 grounded peppers. Good restaurant made everything from scratch, not buying it from wholesale (i.e. see my review on Yuzu then you'll know what I meant).
Soup - Miso Soup. It will be nicer if they can put more dashi in the soup to make it more flavorful
Fried Oyster - part of the lunch combo. It was bigger than what we expected! Usually in other restaurant they give you small frozen oysters but here they give you about thumb size oysters, fried to perfection. Crispy yet still remains its natural juice within. It also comes with the house made Tartar dressing and tonkatsu dressing, while tonkatsu dressing is the better out of the two. My friend said she wants to buy a to go order of fried oyster, its that good :)
Miso Saba/Mackerel Fish - Simmered fish which the miso flavor totally blended into the fish. soft moist and tender. It also came with two mini side dishes. Very nicely presented as well.
The Sashimi that came with aboved two courses were the same. The chef selected Tuna, Salmon, Scallop, Needle Fish (which is the seasonal fish for spring, almost transparent meat with silver stripes as the skin). Amberjack and baby yellowtail. The qualities were all fresh and textures were good. No tendons in it. I consider its pretty good value to order combo.
The pickles that came with the lunch was house made cucumber and purple-dyed daikon. Crisp and presented nicely too.
My lunch dish was the chirashi sushi box. It came with approx 14 different types of ingredients. I listed in my own blog of each type of fish but the chef put almost all the good quality type of fish/shellfishes on top of it something like Uni, Chu toro, Ikura, Baby Yellowtail, Salmon Toro, Giant Clams..and much more. They are all fresh and I felt happy that I made the right choice. The portion is not that big so even a girl can finish it. However, listing/identifying each type of fish out is like a review of my knowledge of Japanese sushi fishes, glad that our server and chef was very kind and helpful to help me to recognize each type of fish and when they are in season. All I can say you get high quality of fishes and you are getting it for the quality not the quantity!. Chirashi sushi also come with the side of chikuzen-ni (sorta like vegetable stew with chicken) was also delicious.
Out of my curiousness, I decided to check their dinner menu out. Their dinner menu consists of the set menu, and Omakase style dinner too. Its pretty good value consider you are getting everything from appetizer to dessert. On top of the regular menu, they also have a daily special menu which consists of the fresh fish delivered from Japan and more.
I just can't wait for them to release their summer special menu. This place is small so it may be packed. If you have a large party, I recommend you to call ahead and make reservation. More pictures of this restaurant can be found in my own blog which is in my profile.
Decided to visit here after consistent good reviews. However the special priced lunch set promotion was over. There are still lunch menu posted outside of the restaurant. There are set lunch where you can select either sashimi or sushi and one hot/cooked dish. Good value.
Parking: Ample free parking located in the Torrance Crossroads Center.
Now the food:
Salad - We all loved their house special dressing! Mayo, Ponzu (Citrus dressing) with 7 grounded peppers. Good restaurant made everything from scratch, not buying it from wholesale (i.e. see my review on Yuzu then you'll know what I meant).
Soup - Miso Soup. It will be nicer if they can put more dashi in the soup to make it more flavorful
Fried Oyster - part of the lunch combo. It was bigger than what we expected! Usually in other restaurant they give you small frozen oysters but here they give you about thumb size oysters, fried to perfection. Crispy yet still remains its natural juice within. It also comes with the house made Tartar dressing and tonkatsu dressing, while tonkatsu dressing is the better out of the two. My friend said she wants to buy a to go order of fried oyster, its that good :)
Miso Saba/Mackerel Fish - Simmered fish which the miso flavor totally blended into the fish. soft moist and tender. It also came with two mini side dishes. Very nicely presented as well.
The Sashimi that came with aboved two courses were the same. The chef selected Tuna, Salmon, Scallop, Needle Fish (which is the seasonal fish for spring, almost transparent meat with silver stripes as the skin). Amberjack and baby yellowtail. The qualities were all fresh and textures were good. No tendons in it. I consider its pretty good value to order combo.
The pickles that came with the lunch was house made cucumber and purple-dyed daikon. Crisp and presented nicely too.
My lunch dish was the chirashi sushi box. It came with approx 14 different types of ingredients. I listed in my own blog of each type of fish but the chef put almost all the good quality type of fish/shellfishes on top of it something like Uni, Chu toro, Ikura, Baby Yellowtail, Salmon Toro, Giant Clams..and much more. They are all fresh and I felt happy that I made the right choice. The portion is not that big so even a girl can finish it. However, listing/identifying each type of fish out is like a review of my knowledge of Japanese sushi fishes, glad that our server and chef was very kind and helpful to help me to recognize each type of fish and when they are in season. All I can say you get high quality of fishes and you are getting it for the quality not the quantity!. Chirashi sushi also come with the side of chikuzen-ni (sorta like vegetable stew with chicken) was also delicious.
Out of my curiousness, I decided to check their dinner menu out. Their dinner menu consists of the set menu, and Omakase style dinner too. Its pretty good value consider you are getting everything from appetizer to dessert. On top of the regular menu, they also have a daily special menu which consists of the fresh fish delivered from Japan and more.
I just can't wait for them to release their summer special menu. This place is small so it may be packed. If you have a large party, I recommend you to call ahead and make reservation. More pictures of this restaurant can be found in my own blog which is in my profile.
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