Love poke but hate people? Say no more! Place your iPad order at Sodam and simply sit in silence until they call your name. The staff are a lovely family and happy to help, but the menu features clear photos, rendering interactions minimally necessary for any insistent introverts.
The poke bowls are huge and shockingly affordable. $12.99 buys a hefty helping of some of the South Bay's freshest fish. Cubes of Spicy Tuna and Salmon gleam red with a sweetly spicy sauce much like Asian chili sauce with a perfect umami of sesame oil. A whole scoop of imitation crab and seaweed salad sit side by side with a generous helping of ripe avocado. All lay on a half n' half bed of salad covered in creamy sesame dressing and a pile of sushi rice. All is seasoned, all is good, but there's just too much sauce for me.
A simple hack is to get the regular Tuna and Salmon bowl with salad dressing on the side. The poke has a simple sauce; I think I taste a bit of vinegar with sesame and ginger topped with a dash of sesame seeds and seaweed. The bowl is still too big for a single sitting, but the salad and rice can be stretched another day, and without the dressing there's no sauce overload.
They also have these Okinawa style onigiri, a sandwich-musubi thing for those looking for a surefire hangover cure. I love the idea of the spam and egg, but the nori wrap here is very fishy, which is a bit off-putting with a bit too much spicy mayo in the middle. It's a fun idea, but maybe get the sauce on the side.
Stick to the poke, I think it's the best value here. They have bentos if you want more variety and sushi rolls if you want your poke bowl rolled together for you, but I'd skip the noise and just grab the bowl.
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