Sushi Teri, Goleta

5746 Calle Real

Goleta

CA 93117

After watching the sunset at Goleta beach and jetty, we ended up at Sushi Teri for dinner. The restaurant featured an open kitchen and plenty of wood in the fit out. We found ourselves a booth and checked out the extensive menu before picking out some dishes to share.

The casings of the Gyoza were crisp with a hot and tasty filling.

The next plate to arrive featured one of the more interestingly named sushi offerings in the "Girls Night Out" rolls of albacore, cucumber and avocado topped with spicy tuna.

The descriptively named Shrimp sushi featured the crustacean, avocado and cucumber.

The Hobe rolls  contained yellow-tail, imitation crab, jalapeño and cucumber topped with salmon, shrimp and avocado.

The Surf’s Up rolls were very different to any other sushi I'd seen before, with a mix of tempura shrimp, crab, avocado, cucumber, egg and scallop topped with the chef’s sauce.

The California rolls were much more familiar, with their imitation crab, avocado and cucumber.

The service was friendly though out and the waitress helped us order. The bill with a shared large beer came to $75 including the tip. SushiTeri certainly took me out of my Sushi comfort zone... in a good way!

Umaizushi Bistro, Honolulu

Honolulu Airport
300 Rodgers Boulevard
Honolulu
HI 96819

Generally we find eating at airports to be a disappointing, soulless and overpriced experience. At Honolulu airport we ended up in Umaizushi which surprised us in a positive way.

I had the shitake soba which featured good noodles and mushrooms in a tasty broth.

The crunchy california rolls tasted as good at they looked.

The atmosphere wasn't spectacular, but the service was friendly, swift and helpful and the bill came to $30 with a drink.

Hawaiiana Cafe, Waikiki

260 Beach Walk
Waikiki, Honolulu
HI 96815


Before viewing the fourth of July fireworks we wandered for a while before finding the Hawaiana Café tucked in between some more imposing establishments.

Inside it was small with quite a few Japanese and Hawaiian touches.

After ordering we discovered it was a byo joint so a quick trip to the 7/11 was needed, which fortunately had kirin 6 packs on special.

We shared some Aha sushi which, the rolls of tuna like fish were great.

I had the veggie don buri which was fine...

...but the shrimp tempura was the winner.

The meal came to $30 without drinks, which seemed like a bargain in that part of town.