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This is how devoted customers are to Sushi Yu II: one local

couple temporarily living in Pennsylvania once made

a round trip to W. 181st Street just for lunch. The couple also

decided to celebrate their wedding engagement and one-year

anniversary within Sushi Yu’s natural wood walls minimally

decorated with Japanese lanterns and prints.

According to staff, the menu has too many popular items to

name just a few. To sample the kitchen’s skills, try the special

rolls ($11.50-$12.50), such as the Volcano (tempura tuna and

spicy inside, avocado on top with chef special sauce) or Ocean

(grilled spicy scallop and tempura asparagus inside, seared tuna

and salmon and kani on top with special sauce). The Wonder

Roll is a great introduction for first-time sushi customers since

all the seafood is cooked: octopus, shrimp, spicy kani and white

fish with tempura green pepper ($11.95).

Beyond the fish specialties, Sushi Yu II serves a wide range

of tempura and teriyaki style dishes – Spanish speakers favor

chicken. The bento boxes are popular for lunch and dinner since

they offer a variety of cooked combination dishes with miso

soup, salad, rice and a sushi roll.

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