56 Wardour Street
W1D 4JG
Tel: 0871 3328575
Date of Last Visit: 9 April 2006
The Victims: Aroma, Tony
The Damage: 15 quid each
Aroma is my friend from b-school. Her real name is Xuefang, which means "special scent" in Chinese. Hence Aroma. I’ve never asked Tony what his real name is. I find this bizarre–this changing names thing. Like Geneva. Why is it Genf auf Deutsch? Or Vienna, so pretty in English. Auf Deutsch, it’s Wien (pronounced Veen). Why can’t you have one name and just stick with it? Apparently there’s one guy in the US government whose job it is to decide what we call things. Hence in the old days, Turino was always Turin. But those Olympics–now we’re all calling it Turino.
So I met up with Aroma at Satsuma for a little sashimi before they headed off to Shanghai for a couple of weeks. Strangely, as I entered Satsuma, I realized I eaten there before. Apparnetkly, I didn’t write about it though. I vaguely remember why–the bathrooms. They were TERRIBLE. However, I must admit I did not revisit them this time.
Anyhow, Tony and I went with the Sashimi–Tony got the Bento Box though–and Aroma had the Yaki Soba. Oh, how I love Yaki Soba. It’s so tasty and delicious and full of good things. I love it, but Dr. Atkins doesn’t (yes, he’s back) so there you go. Sashimi for me please.
My sashimi was tender and delicious. I had a weird moment with the one little shrimp I had. It was just too soft. I worried all day about getting food poisoning. But I survived! So I will not hold that against Satsuma. But everything else was a-ok. The green salad had a whole lot of avocado in it, though.
The Verdict: It was good. Not my favorite, atmosphere-wise–a bit sterile. And our waitress had a ring through her nose and it was so distracting. But all in all, not so bad.
