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I love food, but one thing I don’t know too well is sushi. There’s actually a good chance you could put a piece of sock in a sushi roll and I’d be like “Hmm, that must be blow fish. I don’t think I like blow fish.” But while I don’t know sushi too well, I do know tasty, and oh-my-goodness, Haru’s sushi is fantastic. Thanks to the prix fixe menu-magic of Restaurant Week, my roommate and I went and gorged ourselves on sushi, sashimi, tempura, and dumplings last night. While I was there, I did some math:

Crab dumplings + crispy salmon roll + warm sake + mochi ice cream = love

Now, in case you aren’t familiar with mochi ice cream (I wasn’t), here’s the deal: mochi are glutinous rice balls, which is a food that tastes much better than its description sounds. And the ice cream in question isn’t just flavored like mochi, but it LIVES INSIDE of the mochi. So: delicious, sticky mochi outside, smooth ice cream inside. And it was garnished with strawberry sauce. Now, I’ll tell you. I love a good chocolate torte, but man. Mochi ice cream. That’s not something you get to eat every day. Unless you go to Haru every day. Which maybe you should.

Haru Sushi
241 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 861-8990