Kiku

Kiku

Tucked away in the freight house shoppes in Station Square is a wonderful little sushi restaurant called Kiku.  You have to keep your eyes peeled for it because it is very easy to pass up.  The outside of the restaurant is adorn with Japanese decor that spills inside the little Asian themed restaurant.  There are about twenty tables and a sushi bar inside.  The funny thing is I never see many people in this place.

As you are seated, you are welcomed with a hot towel and friendly service.  I skimmed over the menu and asked the server about the California rolls - were they made with real crab or imitation?  She sadly told me they were imitation crab which means not gluten free to me. I appericiate the honesty.

I asked her to check to see if the sushi platter for two and miso soup was gluten free.  She said the sushi was gluten free & they had gluten free soy sauce for me, but the soup was not.  I chose the salad with no dressing instead of the soup.

The salad was a mix of fresh greens with shredded carrots on top.  It wasn't bad of rabbit food.  The waitress kept offering me alternatives to the non gluten free dressing, but I am fine with dry salads.  The options were lemon, salt & peeper, or olive oil.

The sushi platter arrived.  It had two of each, except for the two rolls, which were full six piece rolls.  The waitress went over what each sushi was, but I didn't really catch all of them.  There were three different kinds of tuna, trout, whitefish, and salmon.

I was offered two different kinds of gluten free soy sauce.  One was Tamari & the other was Braggs Liquid Aminos.  I chose the Tamari.  For you non-gluten free diners, they make their own soy sauce in house, or so I'm told.

Each piece of sushi was fresh.  The rice was fluffy & not too sticky.  Really the rice was the best sushi rice I've ever had.  The fish was fresh.  The wasabi was fresh.  The selection was diverse.  They really did sushi well here.  It was hard to think I could eat half of the 28 pieces that was on this platter, but I did and I was happy I did.  I walked out of this experience satisfied and full.

I didn't feel that anything I ate here was cross contaminated and I felt that they addressed all my concerns regarding dietary restrictions.  I would highly reccommend this place to the gluten free sushi lover.



http://www.kikupittsburgh.net/
Station Square
225 W Station Square Dr  Pittsburgh, PA 15219