Sushi World's blog

We are nothing without our awesome sushi chefs. Day in and day out, they take care of all of our customers with the utmost, professional care and love for all the food that we serve. During the day between lunch and dinner, you can usually find them prepping away, as you can see from this picture. Coincidentally, if you come during this time, we also have Happy Hour every day from 2pm till 5pm.

Come experience Orange County's Best Sushi Valentine's Dinner for only $75. Make your reservations now at (714) 828-3474 to reserve your spot on what will surely be a busy night for us. We have developed a special menu where you have the choice to pick what you like best.

Appetizers
Choose 2: Special Salmon Carpaccio w/Ikura, Seared Hamachi Carpaccio, Tuna Poke, or a Tempura Albacore. All are unique appetizers not regularly on the menu.

Sushi Roll
Choose 1 out of our 10 specialty sushi rolls.

It's going to be a pretty awesome debate tonight and we can't wait to watch it at Sushi World. This is how we would watch it, with rows of sake and delicious sushi. Anytime either candidate says something we like, we eat a piece of sushi. If either one of them says something we don't like, we take a shot of sake.

Sometimes, you need something nice and chocolatey after eating all that sushi and drinking all that sake. Luckily for you, we have a number chocolate desserts on hand and ready for you after any meal with us. The pictured Chocolate Pyramid features a hard, chocolate exterior with a smooth and creamy chocolate filling. Comes lightly dusted with powdered sugar, a sliced strawberry, and whipped cream. Other chocolate desserts include Chocolate Cheesecake, Chocolate Ganache, Chocolate Fudge Cake, and Chocolate Cheesecake. Great for birthdays or any type of celebration!

To help everyone get over the dreaded Wednesday hump day, we have live DJs come and spin for us every 3rd Wednesday of the month. Called, "b.eats," enjoy the free entertainment as you dine on sushi and sake from 6pm till 9pm. The smooth sounds is provided by DJ Ryan Live, DJ Ayebert, and DJ A1. If you don't know who they are, come and find out. Dinner and a show. What more can you ask for on a Wednesday night?

In light of all the customers trying to capture pokemons at the restaurant, here's a little reminder that we do have a very delicious Hawaiian Tuna Poké available. Come on in and catch them all! It features fresh tuna, albacore, avocado, gobo, marinated seaweed, and a delicious poké dressing. It's great to eat at the start, in the middle, or even at the end of a meal with us. It's that good! And yes, you are more than welcome to still come on in and catch all the pokemons that you want in the restaurant. Just remember to eat while you're here.

Thursday, April 7th, Sushi World will be hosting its first Anime Night! Put on your favorite anime outfit and get a free sushi roll. It's that easy. Limit one sushi roll per table. We will also most likely be playing one of our favorite anime movies on our tvs. Right now, we're leaning towards Spirited Away but we are open to suggestions. If you have a favorite anime movie you'd like us to show and you're most definitely coming, please let us know! Come on out, you freaks!

We have a lot of awesome items on our Happy Hour menu but definitively one of the most popular and most heralded items is our Yellowtail sushi. It's only $2.50 for 2 pieces during Happy Hour, which is everyday from 2pm to 5pm and then all day on Mondays and Tuesdays. Also available for $2.50 during Happy Hour is our escolar, salmon, peppered salmon, shrimp, masago, albacore, and natto. Our Happy Hour also has $2.50 sake, $3.50 appetizers, and $10 Sapporo pitchers. Come on in and have a chill weekend with some awesome sushi.

At Sushi World, we love to give you options. Even though we're not Irish, we still love to party and celebrate St Patrick's Day just like everyone else. So come on in any time on Thursday and enjoy our Happy Hour all day! That means $2.50 sushi, $2.50 sake, $3.50 appetizers, and $10 Sapporo pitchers. Plus, there are many other Happy Hour menu items to enjoy. If you do come in, you better wear green. If you don't, rather than pinch you, you have to buy our sushi chefs a round of sake. What a good deal!

The main feature of our restaurant truly is our sushi bar. While most of us are accustomed to sitting at a regular table at most other restaurants, we truly want to encourage you to take a seat at our sushi bar any chance you get. You'll get personalized service plus you can build a rapport with our awesomely talented sushi chefs. The more they get to know what you like, the more they'll be able to make recommendations to you in the future. Plus, you'll probably always get your food faster than anyone else in the restaurant.

Our Sake Tasting event is this Thursday, March 3rd! We're excited and hope that you are, too! We have 3 awesome killer deals for our Sake Tasting. The first is 12 various sakes for only $25. if 12 different sakes are too much for you, you can always choose our 2 other deals. 6 basic sakes for only $10 or 6 premium sakes for $20. It really depends on your sake expertise as well as how much you can take. All tastes are 1 ounce shots. We encourage everyone to drink responsibly and bring a designated driver if possible. If not, please Uber.

It's Fish Fridays! It is lent so it is the perfect day to come on in for some fresh sushi! We have all the usual line ups as well as many different specials that change all the time. You have to come in to see what they are. In the meantime, rest assured that we will always have a fresh inventory of the usual suspects, such as the ones pictured. Seared escolar, albacore, salmon, and red snapper. Looks delicious doesn't it? Well, it tastes even better than it looks. Have a great weekend everyone!

We love it when you get Monday off because you also get to come in and enjoy Happy Hour all day on Mondays! It's also all day on Tuesdays and on all other days from 2pm till 5pm, even on the weekends! So you see. It's kinda like a holiday everyday for us. You get to enjoy $3.50 appetizers, like the pictured Baked Mussels, and also $2.50 sushi, $2.50 sake, and $10 Sapporo pitchers. Still, the best Happy Hour deal in all of Orange County. You have the day off. Come on in and find out for yourself!

Even if it is the summer, you still can get some snow. Get our Snowman Roll! We'd like to remind you a little bit about winter with our Snowman Roll. There's nothing cold or wintery about it, though. It's called the Snowman Roll because it's has a snow crab mix in the middle of it. Also has a shrimp tempura in the middle with a soy paper on the outside. It's actually good any time of the year and with any type of sushi eater, especially sushi virgins who still can't eat raw fish. Because there isn't any in this roll.

We love Iichiko and you should, too! Just to clarify, it's not a sake or a soju, as many might mistaken. It's a Japanese shochu, which is traditionally distilled from sweet potato, barley, rice, and other ingredients. Sake is fermented and is typically not as high in alcohol content. So be careful with Iichiko! It will sneak up on you. It's also considered a higher quality than soju, which is much more popular and mass produced. Drink your Iichiko with a little bit of tea, preferably oolong tea or a soda water and some lemon juice.

Our Sunomono Cucumber Salad is so simple yet so satisfying. Get it to balance out your sushi meal, especially if you don't like the traditional salad. It's one of our favorite appetizers to get no matter what.

What's in our Volcano Roll? It's a spicy tuna roll topped with tempura rock shrimp and dressed with a basil oil. We don't use basil oil very often but we find that it complements the tempura rock shrimp very well. This is definitely not your typical basic sushi roll. It's got some different flavors and textures going that are not found in traditional sushi rolls. Why is it called a Volcano Roll? Because it's erupting with flavors and they all kinda look like a group of volcano islands sushi bites. Yeah, that's the best description for them. Volcano islands sushi bites.

We are nothing without our sushi chefs! They are all hard-working, talented, and eager to please all of our customers. They don't hide behind in the kitchen. They're out, front and center, for all who enter our restaurant. So you get to see who is preparing your food and you can actually see them prepare your food right in front of you. If you come often enough, our sushi chefs will know what you like and will suggest similar items that you might like in the future. That's what happens when you build a rapport with our sushi chefs.

It's always on our Happy Hour menu and it's often overlooked. Our Salmon Skin Salad is a great complement to any meal with us. And during Happy Hour, it's only $3.99. Happy Hour is all day on Mondays and Tuesdays and on all other days from 2pm till 5pm. Our Salmon Skin Salad comes with a nice combination of mixed greens along with strips of crispy salmon skin and then dressed with a ponzu based dressing. It's quite tasty and light, and goes well with fish and rice, if you know what we mean.

We're at the tail end of January so it's time to see how everyone has been doing on their new year's resolutions. It's always a big topic at the beginning of the year and then it fades away and everyone usually drops their resolutions. We want you to be healthier. We want you to eat more fish, obviously. Come on in and we'll help you keep those resolutions of eating more healthy. Ask our awesome sushi chefs to whip up a platter like this one and you'll be all set. Yummy overload and it's good for you!

Come on by Sushi World every 3rd Wednesday for the latest edition of b.eats! From 6pm till 9pm, DJ Ryan Live, DJ Ayebert, and DJ A1 will all be in the mix in the restaurant. Don't worry. They won't disrupt your dining experience. They're only there to enhance your dining experience. Dinner and a show all in one. They will be spinning that feel good vibes so if you don't have any plans for the night, come on by and eat some awesome sushi, drink some fine sake, and listen to the sounds of b.eats.

It's Happy Hour all day on Mondays & Tuesdays! Yep, all day. That means, lunchtime, dinnertime, and even that time between those 2 meals. In fact, it's always Happy Hour between those two meals everyday from 2pm till 5pm. Stop on by for a pitcher of Sapporo beer because we know you're thirsty. And the whole pitcher is only $15 on our Happy Hour menu, which you have plenty to choose from and plenty to enjoy including sushi, sushi rolls, appetizers, and more!

Yep, we have an Atlantic Dragon Roll but not Pacific Dragon Roll. Seems kinda odd, considering we're right next to the Pacific. Do dragons not exist in the Pacific? Must be so. Anyway, our Atlantic Dragon Roll features a center of salmon, cucumber, and avocado. It's topped with peppered salmon, a slice of serrano pepper, red onions, and then lightly dressed with a ponzu sauce. If you like salmon, this is the roll for you. You get it on the inside and out! Come on in and try out all of our dragon rolls!

We don't hold back when we give you a serving of Ikura. That's how much we love it and that's how much we know you'll love it. For those that don't know, Ikura is salmon roe. It has a very distinct taste, like a nice sharp salty flavor. The best part is when they burst in your mouth as you're eating them. They go well with a lot of other sushi dishes but we often get them as is because they're just as enjoyable on their own. Get a few orders today to see what we're talking about. It'll soon become one of your sushi favorites.

Life is full of decisions. We want to make them as easy as possible for you when you visit us. We always recommend our patrons fill out our sushi forms but if you come enough, our sushi chefs will know what you like and will prepare them accordingly. If the restaurant isn't too busy, you can even yell out your orders to our awesome, professional sushi chefs. So choose wisely and choose fish. Lots of it. You can't go wrong with that. There are plenty other things in your life that you should worry about. Like your New Year's resolutions.

Here we go again. The best Happy Hour in all of Orange County is all day on Mondays and Tuesdays and it's the best way to get every work week started. Why let the good times of the weekends come to an end just because you have to get back to work? Come on in and enjoy $2.50 sushi, $3.50 appetizers, $2.50 sake, $10 Sapporo pitchers, and a bunch of other Happy Hour specials. You can worry about work later. For now, just enjoy our Happy Hour. If you don't make it in at any time on Mondays and Tuesdays, come in on any other day from 2pm till 5pm.

We often neglect how great our Ikura is so we're going to give some special attention to it the next couple of weeks. As we do with everything on our menu, we go out of our way to find the best quality products at the most reasonable prices so that we can pass on to you quality sushi and Japanese cuisine that is delicious and affordable. If you're not already an Ikura fan, you should try it out. It's quite delightful on its own or when it's used to help garnish one of our other plates.

Our Baked Mussels always hit the spot because they're so simple and so full of flavor. We take some mussels, top it with our special Japanese aioli, bake them, and then top them with some masago and green onions. We always get an order or two or three every time we sit down for a meal at Sushi World. It's good to have a mixture of some cooked items with your sushi so this is always a great choice.

Sometimes it can get a bit chilly here in Orange County; well, chilly for us Southern California folks. If you need a little soup to help warm you up, get our Shrimp Tempura Udon Soup. It's light, delicious, and will warm you up from the inside out. We don't often post about it, but despite being a sushi restaurant, we also are a Japanese restaurant that offers regular items that non-sushi lovers can enjoy, like this Shrimp Tempura Udon and our Chicken Teriyaki Bento Boxes. Come on in and bring the whole gang. We'll surely have something for everyone.

Pretty much everything on our menu can be made to go! We know this weekend is a busy one with family gatherings, holiday shopping, and football. Well, if you're a bit lacking on time and want to enjoy some of our awesome sushi wherever you happen to be, give us a call and order whatever you see on our website here. Our expert sushi chefs will expertly assemble sushi creations you'll be proud to eat outside of our restaurant. What are you waiting for? Give us a call now before the game starts!