Chris A.
Yelp
Late last year, I heard that the Sushi Pop right by my place was about to unveil a brunch starting on New Years Day. Everything about my personality and who I am knew that I had to be there on day one. So I made my reservations and joined the group of people lining up at the front door for them to open up and get started.
Only half of the restaurant space was open, so a lot of people were seated at the bar, including me. I liked that. It made it seem a little more groupy, like a group brunch experience with all the other people in the room. Some people would probably hate that feeling, but I liked it in a weird way.
As I browsing their extensive brunch menu, I was sipping on some Vietnamese Iced Coffee. I like my coffee cold and white and sweet, and this coffee satisfies all of that for me. Delicious.
We ordered like four things and just went ham on all of it.
I started off with the Hong Kong Style French Toast (milk bread stuffed with peanut butter, condensed milk, Saigon cinnamon whipped butter, candied pecans). Insanely good. The ooey gooey of peanut butter and condensed milk is unlike anything I've ever had. The plenty of candied pecans gave some crunch to all that soft. Just a banger of a dish.
The Bao Benedict (crispy pork belly, bao buns, poached eggs, shiso hollandaise, arugula, black garlic home fries) was a little less of a banger. The pork belly could have been crispier, the bao buns absorbed a little more oil that I think they wanted them to, but the eggs were perfect, and the shiso hollandaise was very unique. A big swing on this dish.
Then the thing I was looking forward to most, the Okonomiyaki (savory Japanese pancake filled with bacon, shrimp, cabbage, topped with okonomiyaki sauce, spicy mayo, nori, bonito flakes, scallions). Traditional Japanese meal that is very filling and dense. Accented well by the amazing amount of sauce and the fun little bonito flakes. I love this thing.
We finished things off with a Tokushu Box (life is like a box of nigiri, you never know what you're gonna get! (10 pieces)). Five pairs of lovely nigiri with fresh fish that were all very different from each other, which I love. Nigiri of fish that are very similar to each other annoys me and makes me feel like an amateur, so this was nice.
Overall, I gave this place five stars seven years ago, and here I am giving it five stars again. This place is great, and I'll definitely be back before seven more years pass.