Sushi, Seafood, and the Boomerang Wine Glass: Dinner at Posh Sushi Grill

We LOVE Sushi! I get it from my late, Dad. My father loved seafood. Whenever I made my gumbo I always made sure to make it with plenty of crawfish because alas, poor guy was allergic to shrimp. Fate is cruel, isn’t it? My dad used to joke about growing up in Tampico, Tamaulipas and fishing for crab by dangling his toes in the water.


I keep that tradition here in Laredo, by just LOVING sushi. Is it obvious? Have you READ this blog?!?!? We’ve been a big fan of Posh Sushi for years now. We recently noticed a new location went up at in front of Gold’s Gym. So last Friday we decided to give Posh Annex a try.  At least we THINK its called Posh Annex and we’d love to give you an address but their website doesn’t provide it. It just says, “now open for your private events, Posh Annex) SHE was nice enough to wait for me to get in a good workout on a Friday night and we dropped a little past 9:00 pm. The dining room was full but the wait was minimal. We were quickly led to one of two remaining tables. We sat in the small corner off to the right and not in the main dining room which very upscale and nicely furnished. There we placed our drink and appetizer orders of a Michelada and a glass of the house Pinot Noir along with an order for a plate of the Shrimp Quesadillas. The waiter was nice enough, but it seemed he was a newcomer to our city. He obviously moved here, like so many do, thinking he was going to “practice his English”. Whenever I get one of these guys, I instinctively just switch to Spanish when I hear them struggling with their English. I hope he didn’t mind.

Once the orders were in and our drinks arrived I noticed the glass in which the wine came was smudged and dirty. I politely asked for another. I have no way to prove this but I suspect the glass that came back was simply wiped down and brought out to me. I knew I should have taken a closer look at the glass to prevent this from happening. The high amount of lint on the glass, however, was sort of a dead giveaway. The quesadillas arrived and were delicious. They have a nice spicy chipotle cream sauce and had a nice shrimp flavor. I should emphasize the choice of term, flavor. To call what came in these quesadillas shrimp would have been generous. You’ve heard of the famous oxymoron, Jumbo Shrimp. Well, this is the exact opposite. To call this shrimp, micro shrimp would have redundant to the point of being Krill. (Krill: the common name given to the order Euphausiacea of shrimp-like marine crustaceans) I’m not kidding these things were THAT small. But the Quesadillas were very tasty.

Once the second glass of wine arrived the waiter made it a point to make sure my glass was clean. A point made obvious by the fact that the glass was still warm after being pulled from the dishwasher. (Eye roll).


Our order of sushi rolls arrived and they were, as usual, perfect. HER roll was tasty and with lots of texture.  SHE ordered a Hideki roll.  MY roll was fresh and picture perfect.  Mine was the Samurai Roll.  The atmosphere was quiet and pleasant with a constant stream of Watercolors (Sirius Channel 66 Soft Jazz) playing on the in house music system as we enjoyed our rolls. I decided to order another glass of wine. This time I really had to complain as my glass tasted of dishwater. The management made it up to us by offering us a free desert of caramel crepes.

All in all I am not ANGRY with the nice people at Posh, but this sort of thing is never the kind of experience you hope for and takes such a big bite out of one’s enjoyment of an evening out.

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Posh Sushi Del Mar Boulevard | 7019 W Village Blvd Ste 101 Laredo, TX 78041 | 956.753.POSH

We’d love to give you an address to their new location but their website doesn’t provide it. It just says, “now open for your private events, Posh Annex

To sushi or not to sushi...

Laredo has several options for sushi restaurants, and a couple of months ago a friend took me to a new one called Sushi Madre, she claimed they had the best 'aguachile shrimp'. To be honest I wasn't thrilled by it but, the sushi I did like! They have combos and compared to other places the food comes in good portions (for me that means you don't need a magnifying glass to find your roll) and the salad has more crab than cucumber.


This time WE were looking for lunch options and decided on Sushi Madre due to its location on Saunders and Barcelona. Being already 2.00pm we thought it would already be empty; to our surprise it was packed. (You can tell right away by the lack of parking space) The service was good and friendly. As always our attention went directly to the Combo’s menu on the wall. I ordered the Laredo and HE ordered the Monterrey (they have different rolls in the combos daily) and an order of ‘edamame’ (soy beans).


The food looks really nice, and the good thing is that it tastes as good as it looks! The roll tasted fresh and the different textures made it interesting and exciting to eat (the one I ordered had fried shrimp). Personally I like the rice that comes with the roll, but I agree with other people that say that it is not ‘sushi’ rice but more like a ‘Mexican’ yakimeshi.

Things that I like about this restaurant: The quality of the food has been consistent since opening, service is relatively fast and the portions are good.
Things that I don’t like: Limited parking space, the delivery service is not always available.




The price for our 2 person lunch: $25

Sushi Madre is located at 401 W. Saunders / Phone: (956) 726-5509



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