Sousaku Bistro Malden

Sousaku Bistro in Malden opened a short while ago and their menu looked really interesting, so I paid them a visit for lunch today. They only do lunch Sat-Sun and they serve Sushi and Tapas plates. Not sure if they do sushi at lunch.

They are slightly off the beaten part but very close to Ferry Street.

This is how they explain their name, I really don't get it. They must be doing something right, all the other customers looked to be Japanese.

A big square room with a nice bar and good furniture and a nice vibe inside.

They have a smallish lunch menu and I started with the Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken with Salt and Pepper ($4.50). This was a good sized portion of nice and crispy chicken with fried basil leaves. Unfortunately, it was all white meat so not only was it a bit boring, but some of the pieces was also dry. I expected the metal looking chopsticks to be heavy but they were really light.

The Fried Pork Belly ($6.75) was much better. Nice and tender and crisp belly with a really tasty dipping sauce.

The obligatory lucky cat (Maneki-Neko) sat in its little alcove waving to the customers.

I thought that the tables were really cool. I had a look at their dinner menu and there were a lot of interesting dishes available.