Nicole B.
Yelp
What I'm looking for in a sushi restaurant: really good, really fresh fish; sushi chefs who have good technique (i.e., pieces of nigiri sushi should fit into your mouth without you having to unhinge your jaw - sushi rice prepared properly and served warm - if I'm sitting at the sushi bar, which I am, the seaweed should still be crispy when I am handed my sushi); good service (i.e., take my order, refill my water, take my next sushi order, we don't need to become best friends); clean place; nice atmosphere where I can hang out and read for a few hours. I'm going to spend $100 per visit, so I feel like it's fine if I also happen to spend a few hours at your place.
Sushi Disclaimer: I do not order cooked sushi or fried sushi or sushi with sauces or "tempura flake;" I do not ever order those giant rolls or "special" rolls. I order very simple sushi.
I have eaten at Moshi Moshi a number of times. I live in Central Vermont and will make the 1.5 hrs drive to Northampton JUST to have sushi at Moshi Moshi.
The sushi menu is small, but what they have is fresh and prepared properly. Sushi pieces are sized/portioned appropriately and I haven't had a single thing that wasn't delicious.
What I like to order at Moshi Moshi: Nigiri Sushi of Ikura, Uni, Tobiko, Masago, Sake. You get the option to add a raw quail egg yolk to your sushi and I ALWAYS do that to some of my pieces of fish roe.
Then I order all that nigiri again...I mean if you're going to drive 1.5 hrs to get to a place you have to make your visit WORTH it.
I also love salmon skin roll, which is, in fact, broiled salmon skin (so I guess I take back my "no cooked sushi" statement...). I order it almost as a "test" of places to see what I get. Moshi Moshi does the best salmon skin roll I've had; crunchy, warm, delicious, NOT covered in freaking eel sauce.
The place is small and in the winter it's FREEZING. Like legit freezing. So wear layers (when your waitress is wearing a full wool hat that is a sign...). But it's clean and welcoming and bright and all the staff is friendly and clearly take pride in their work.
If you want sushi in Northampton go to Moshi Moshi.