Hiroshi

Hands down the best "sushi" place in PDX. I am not talking about California, Oregon, Hawaii, Wisconsin, or Puerto RIco rolls. I am talking about authentic Nigiri sushi here. This is the place where you can get something that is close to or sometimes better than the ones you can get from Tokyo's Tsukiji market's sushi places. But, yes there is "but", only if the price is not part of your equation. Well, is the glass half full or half empty? It's still cheaper than PDX-NRT plane ticket!

Some of the Nigiri sushis: Hirame, Aji, Amaebi, Aburi Toro and Uni

Chawanmushi, Ankimo with Miso sauce and Lychee sorbet.

SOS summary

SC: Definitely a must place if you want to eat "sushi".

Miho Izakaya

SC:
Very welcoming setting, newly remodeled house, cozy outdoor tables and very friendly staff but I wouldn't call the dishes "Izakaya" quality. I don't care where the chef and/or the owner came from, Hawaii, Okinawa or Indiana but they don't know a thing about Japanese food.

Edamame - who can make it wrong?
Pickled vegitables - well...it was not really pickled
Hot Napa Cabbage - it was "temperature" hot. Of course they didn't want to call this Kimchi because it was nowhere close.
Chilli sparerib - it was okay but I could only find it 2% Asian. And the food was not well re-heated, if you know what I am saying
Ahi Poke - it was the most blend Poke I ever had
Grilled Octopus - charge 8 bucks for that dish where you will only find nothing but 8 pieces grilled Tako?
Yakisoba - it was "packaged factory made" good
Tonkatsu - I ordered Tonkatsu but I got Chicken Karaage where the meat was too thin with greasy batter
Sesame pork meat balls - did I taste the sesame ?
Miso Eggplant - this was the most edible food out of all that we ordered

I know there is this recent wave of Far-east asian small eateries in pacific Northwest but I am not really finding any of them really appealing from authenticity perspective (Miho, Tanuki, Koi fusion). Just don't want them to affect the other original old ones that have been doing good for ages.

SS:
Good: Well.. at least Sapporo was great! That can't go wrong right?
Bad: I am not even sure if they know what kind of "restaurant" they even are. It's so disappointing...Don't go!

SOS summary
SC: Wouldn't go there again.
SS: Wouldn't go there again.