Sub Zero- Central West End (2/15/2014)

February 15, 2014

Sub Zero

308 N Euclid Ave, , St Louis, MO 63108 (CWE)

Sub Zero, located in the Central West End, specializes in both sushi and burgers, which makes it a good choice for sushi lovers who have significant others who don’t care for the stuff.   We sat in the large dining room, and because we arrived for an early lunch on a Saturday, were the only customers during our visit.  We received friendly and prompt service. 

To start, Jorge and I both asked for tea, and were brought hot water and a choice of several teas, in the form of Bigalow tea bags.  We both chose the green tea. 

We ordered the following items:

-  Miso soup

-  Spider roll (soft shell crab)

-  Holiday roll—one of Sub Zero’s specialty rolls, consisting of tempura shrimp wrapped in a bonito, topped with salmon, tuna, spicy unagi sauce and spicy Japanese mayonnaise

-  Unagi nigiri (sea eel)

The large bowl of miso soup was flavorful, with plenty of tofu and spinach.  The soup was tepidly warm, not hot, though this may have been due to the early hour of our lunch.

The spider roll was yummy but cut thin, so it fell apart easily when we picked up the roll segments.

The chef covered the holiday roll with an abundance of the spicy mayo (way too much), which hid the flavor of the underlying fish and unagi sauce.  I scraped off most of it before eating each piece. 

The unagi was delicious—large pieces, with excellent flavor.

Overall, on a scale of 1-10, we rate Sub Zero a 7.5.  The service was excellent, but the Holiday roll could use less generous portions of mayonnaise, and both rolls should be more thickly sliced.