Raw
1225 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
On
the final Friday evening of our Lenten meals last spring, I had made a reservation for my
girlfriend and I to head over to a sushi place called Raw on 12th and Sansom. I
was hoping that it was going to be a really tasty send off, especially because
of how much I love sushi, so we headed over to Midtown and were seated
immediately. As we were looking over the menu, we realized that the selection
of sushi wasn’t that great, and the ones that really caught our eyes were
extremely expensive. We did decide to order some of them, because they were the
ones we were interested in, but we decided to start with the shrimp and lobster
spring rolls, followed by the shrimp and cucumber roll, the green river roll,
and the special roll of the evening which I believe was called the green tea
roll.
Our
waitress was pretty nonexistent all night. Actually I think we only saw her the
one time when she took our order. Our food was brought out by someone else and
our check was taken by someone else too. That never really adds to the
experience very well, but I digress. The shrimp and lobster spring rolls were
up first, and they didn’t do anything to help the cause. The spring rolls were
extremely greasy and I really didn’t like the way the shrimp shell was left
hanging out of it. It was almost like they wrapped the shrimp in a wonton
wrapper and dropped it in the fryer instead of making an actual spring roll. We
were both less than impressed with it.
We
had much higher hopes for the sushi rolls that we had ordered. The shrimp and
cucumber roll was pretty standard. Nothing bad about it, but definitely nothing
to write home about either. The green tea roll was stuffed with fish and topped
with pepper tuna and a salad of microgreens. Again it was ok, but nothing
spectacular. It was kind of dry actually. It definitely could have used more
sauce. The green river was the only one I actually cared for, but it was 21
dollars. Get out of here with those prices. I have never had a sushi roll
anywhere good enough to warrant a price like that. The green river roll was
spicy tuna and shrimp tempura, covered in green tea tempura flakes, topped with
avocado and spicy lobster, garnished with green tea sauce and a spicy sauce.
One
and a half pints for Raw. We were pretty disappointed with our meal at Raw, not
entirely because of the taste of the food, but also because of the service and
the pricing. It’s not worth a try in my opinion but you can always try it and
let me know how it was for you. Cheers!
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