Roll On Sushi Diner

Many of my closer friends think I am not all that adventurous with food. Most of the time they are right. I like what I like and don't branch out much. Although I have gotten MUCH more adventurous over the last 5 or so years. Well, it might have actually started 14 years ago with that Green Bean Quesadilla. So, anyway. Ran into a friend of a friend this weekend and she was talking about her husband's new restaurant Roll On Sushi Diner that is near Hat Creek and Dickey's on Burnet. And the friend was raving about it. Sounded interesting so I decided to try it out. Everything is a roll. And its some sort of asian-austin fusion. They had the regular sushi place rolls and then some american-y ones like the Cholestra-Roll that has chicken-fried steak in it and you dip it in gravy. It's an interesting concept. It's all diner style and you sit up to a diner style bar to eat. I got my food to go so I didn't get the sitting experience. I ordered 3 things - a pretty typical Philly Roll (salmon, cream cheese, avacodo), a Franchise (ground beef, lettuce, tomato, pickle, cheese), and for dessert a Elvis (PB, Banana, Bacon with choc sauce).

So opinions. I would first say its quite expensive and small servings. The Elvis was especially small and disappointing for the $6. The bacon added an interesting flavor but needed to be crispy. And I totally couldn't taste the peanut butter. It was wrapped as an egg roll and I would recommend more of a wonton shape instead I think. And better chocolate. The other 2 rolls were good. The Philly better than the Franchaise and on both the rice and seaweed with overwhelming. The rolls had almost no filling so it was mostly rice. I could taste everything in the Philly though. The Franchise I really couldn't. Not sure it really had cheese or pickles in it. I would go back but not alone. I finished all but 4 bites but I think it would be more fun with more people but at $1 a bite it adds up! I guess food prices are sky rocketing but I felt the food was too expensive for what it is. Esp as a lunch place.

I will give them points for a creative menu and idea though. So, there is my assessment. I am looking forward to Austin Restaurant Weeks in a few weeks. I'd like to try out some steak places and get this steak tour rollin'. :0)