On to the menu. It’s beautifully simple: all the rolls are five pieces per order, and split into two types at set prices, veggie ($3.50/each) and seafood ($4.25). Each category has a pretty heavy hit list of new and old favorites, from leafy to wild salmon, which you can order with traditional white rice or multigrain rice. Going to the sides, they stick to the essentials – a few salads, classics like miso soup and seaweed salad, and a frozen yuzu cream pie. This is not a bad thing. It means deliciousness is afoot.
Of everything, I was most impressed by the inari ($3.50/two pieces). These beautiful fried bean curd pockets stuffed with rice were comfort on a plate, with soft, chewy skins that put what most sushi places serve to shame.
The only thing I wasn’t really interested in was the yuzu pie, which had a marshmallow-soft filling but it needed more of that wonderful, tart citrus.
And there’s one last bonus: Taka, the head chef and owner, is committed to using sustainable seafood. Taka also mentioned he’s working on a vegan miso, since the dashi stock for miso uses fish, and other ways to cater to the growing vegetarian scene in Seattle. With great prices, sake-nomi parties on Thursdays, and more wonderful food in the works, you have to check out Box Nature Sushi for one of the healthiest, fastest meals in downtown Seattle.