"ISAO" Japanese Fusion Sushi Bar

I'm taking a break from moving and clearing away clutter today and instead take myself on a virtual holiday to a great sushi place I tried out with my dear friends over the holidays.  It's called "ISAO" and is located at Sukhumvit 31, accessible by BTS Phrom Phrong station.  (They have 1 parking space, so I recommend taking the BTS or the taxi.)  I like the sushi there, I like it very much and right now wish I could go for some "Jackie" or the "Spicy salmon."



The restaurant is not big but it has a second level where they have quite a few tables.  Upon entering, you immediately feel like you are in Japan.  It's clean, cosy and feels authentic surrounded by bamboos.  The tables and chairs are comfortable.  You could spend a good two hours there chatting away and catching up. (We did anyways)  I think it would also be a good "date" place or somewhere to just go have a nice quiet lunch if you are out of ideas and don't want to spend your life in the shopping malls.



The best part though is the food.   It's a fusion sushi bar so what did we eat? We ate sushi rolls.  Amongst the five of us we ordered 12 dishes.  Imagine that.  It was just ridiculously good we just wanted more and more and not one of them disappointed.   The presentation was good and the taste even better, we had various versions of cute caterpillars with smiley faces (Jackie) and Dragons with long bodies of avocado.  They had spider rolls and scallop (Volcano.)  If you don't want rolls, they also have karage (fried chicken) and other choices like tonkatsu.  We had the chicken and that too was good.  The ingredients were fresh and it reminded me of the great sushi rolls I had in the US.  I've not had such good ones yet in Bangkok.  This one tops my list for fusion sushi rolls. 


Price wise? For ordinary rolls like spicy salmon/tuna its about 250thb (~$8) and the more exqusite ones like Jackie and Dragon are 350thb (~$11.5).  After twelve very fulfilling dishes coupled with some smoothies, we totalled about 750thb ($25) each, but then I don't think people usually eat as much as we did.  We ate as if it were a buffet.  I have no excuse, but it was New Years' Eve and we had our little mini gift exchange :)



Anyways, thank you my dear friends for being great always and also recommending this place to me....Gosh I want some now!  I read that the Chef's from Chicago's "Green Tea" but am not sure about that. Does anyone know for sure? Please share your experience if you've been there and love/not love this place :)  Itadakimasu :)

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