Somethingʼs Fishy

The pointy, tiled roof constructed like a traditional Japanese house might cause traffic on the congested street Ventura Blvd as cars slow down to read the illuminating red letters of the sign for Something’s Fishy.

Intricate, colorful paintings of Japanese art inside the dimly lit restaurant, create a warm welcome for customers that come through the doors on a busy Thursday night. They are greeted by the cooks behind the sushi bar, while friendly hosts ask if you want to be seated at the teppan grill or the sushi bar.

The restaurant is filled with attentive and helpful waiters that attend to customers seated at whitesheeted tables. Each waiter serves a plateful of different kinds of food, which have a tasty and colorful presentation.

The sushi, varying from tempura shrimp spicy tuna rolls, to the salmon and Obama rolls, have the restaurant’s signature brown sauce that is carefully drizzled on the plate underneath them. Each roll is the perfect size to eat in one bite, as the soy sauce soaks the rice and the combination of seaweed and shrimp make your tongue tingle.

Specialties from the sushi bar consist of tuna tartar, spicy tuna biscuit, yellow peon, and the poke tuna salad, which is their most ordered specialty. It has a zingy,