William R.
Yelp
There are certain things in life where frugality is appropriate. For instance, I never pay full price for my Prada socks, that would be silly! Sushi, however, is not something that I would ever go bargain hunting for. So when the mother of my puppies told me of a sushi restaurant far from any body of water, that featured $1 nigiri on Sunday night, I wanted no part of it. I come from a vain and superficial family, where we typically blow a minimum of $250 on an evening of raw fish and rice. Why would I darken my doors with this cheap place, in a state that helped Trump get elected, and also miss Sunday Night Football in the process?
Well I have no spine, so I caved and went to dollar sushi at Mirakuya, prepared to choke down California rolls while passive aggressively grumbling about how my last sushi outing was Masa's omakaze. BUT.... praise Allah! Mirakuya is actually good! Their $1 pieces look like actual nigiri, not a comically undersized piece of b-list fish on dry rice. They have quail eggs! What an unexpected surprise! Mackerel nigiri isn't dry, Godzilla roll is great and filling for $7. Their drinks are great deals too! Want a Mai Tai that will put you over the legal limit, but not in the poor house? $5 for a freaking fish bowl.
Is it as good as Masa or Yasuda? Of course not, but it's also not $500+ per person. We ate ourselves into mercury poisoning for less than $100, and now we go out of our way to go to Mirakuya every time we're in Wilkes-Barre (which is sadly a frequent occurrence). Oh, and I got to watch SNF because they have TVs! Seeing Kansas City obliterate my Broncos would normally make me rage uncontrollably, but with a tummy full of sensibly priced fish and spicy mayonnaise, it didn't hurt at all.
Oh and I got to watch someone at the teppanyaki table get hit in the face with a shrimp, so that's a plus too. Support this business!