B.C. Sushi

On Sunday, Hubbs & I needed to find a quick and relatively healthy restaurant to eat lunch at, before our afternoon meeting/class.  Neither of us was particularly hungry, but we were both well aware that if we waited until after our commitment to eat, we'd be ravenous and it wouldn't be pretty.

We picked B.C. Sushi because it was the first sushi restaurant we came across that was near the church, and also because it had AYCE for $11/person.  Usually, when we have maki rolls, we spend around $35-40, so we figured this was a good deal and would afford us some variety in our roll and sushi choices.

We were served piping hot green tea upon arrival.  We ordered right away, too, and sampled the B.C. roll, the dynamite roll, the chopped scallop roll, and one other roll whose name escapes me (but I know it had avocado, salmon, and tuna in it).  We also each had a piece of salmon and tuna nigiri, and a mini order of gyoza.  When the rolls arrived, we were surprised by a few things:

-the size of each roll piece was quite large, like how most "specialty rolls" are

-the server gave us a double portion of BC roll, so we got 6 instead of 3 pieces of it

-the salmon and the tuna sushi were both rather flavourless, all things considered

Generally, Hubbs & I aren't super picky sushi eaters, though we know what we like.  I mean, we even enjoy Richmond Sushi and Tomokazu, so we're familiar with AYCE's fish quality being less stellar than places like Ajisai, and we're okay with it.  However, even with its cheaper prices, B.C. Sushi doesn't make the cut.  The rolls weren't all that flavourful and they all tasted similar.  The fish wasn't all that fresh, and the gyoza were greasy and the skin wasn't pan-fried to a crisp.  We thought the whole lunch experience was...MEH.

Would we go back?  Likely not.  There were several tables there when we were there, so I assume there are some who like the place.  We're just not among those; our tastes aren't so indiscriminate that we could consider B.C. Sushi a good, or even a decent, place for Japanese food.

But hey, it was quick, and it was cheap.  For many, those are the only two standards that matter, and I suppose if you decide to eat there, you'll find such a population of diners eating to their heart's content.

Service: 3.5 out of 5

Food: 2.5 out of 5