"This restaurant's specialty roll is probably the eyeroll. The raw fish and rice log lumberjacks take their time crafting the most mediocre rolls in the Portland metro area.In order to avoid the Tuesday night crowd, we made a reservation for the opening time. We ordered from the menu (not omakase) all at once for efficiency. One of the rolls was already unavailable, but it might have been one of the popular ones among the poor preparation crowd, who may have been there before opening time, so that was understandable.Our first roll arrived with ample pickled ginger and wasabi. Tamari was offered and even poured for us. Then the bottle was taken away. As a proponent of sodium, I was a bit worried that my ankles wouldn't swell properly at night; however, my experience with good service at a sushi place in San Francisco reminded me that I needn't worry. Except I did, as that was the only time my tamari level was addressed.The second roll came and the server asked if we needed a refill on ginger and wasabi. I wasn't sure if I was expecting it to naturally be refilled because I was a peasant who didn't understand the art and science of consuming sushi rolls without condiments and accompaniments. Was this second roll so full of taste or was this place so full of themselves? It was the latter. The second dish of ginger and wasabi came with a pinky nail sized dollop of wasabi. We overheard the chef say this would be it for now because they ran out. Perhaps grinding this sacred root according to your reservations for the night prior to opening would be helpful.It's important to note that people were being turned away left and right if they had not made a reservation, so it's not like the Portland Wasabi Committee came to Zilla Sake and demanded the entire stock.Anyway, we must have been disturbing this socialistic wasabi/ginger ration because we had to, once again, ask for a second refill. Since it want omakase, it wasn't really up to the chef how much he wanted to grind his roots for us. By the end of the meal, I had made a mental list of sushi places that I have betrayed that were simply better in every way.So if you enjoy things like donating your money, doing nothing with your time, having nothing to look forward to, and begging for more pickled ginger, wasabi, and tamari, then please make a reservation two hours before you plan to be hungry."
