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EdwardH May 6, 2013 @ 10:17 a.m.

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Love Boat Sushi

The following comes from a May 6 story in the Reader.

I don’t spend much time in the mall, not being a big shopper. But I’d heard that Love Boat Sushi was pretty cool. It’s in the mall, so to the mall I went. Technically, there are Love Boats all over the county (RB, San Marcos, and Oceanside), but Fashion Valley is the location convenient to me. In a rare moment of technological failure, Google led me to the wrong side of the mall and I wandered around for a while, grumbling. Found it eventually, and it wasn’t very noticeable, just a surreptitious door at the corner of a building.

Inside, the decor was dark and moodier than the average corner sushi spot, made to look upscale in an effort to convey a sense of “you’re not at Sushi Deli.”

Really, it was a similar phenomenon to the aforementioned bulk sushi warehouse where the line reaches around the block. The biggest advantage was that there was no line, no waiting, and no fear of breaking the bank for the sake of an epic sushi pig-out.

Love Boat’s big claim to fame is the eponymous sushi spectacular. Served in two sizes, the Love Boat contains chicken and beef teriyaki, California rolls, spicy tuna maki, tempura, and sushi/sashimi in the common yellowtail/tuna/salmon combination. For $45.95, my friend and I ate to utter completion....

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