Sapa Sushi Bar & Asian Grill
The owners—Mai Nguyen and Sean Dang—put a lot of money and sweat into Sapa. The main dining room is trimmed out with orange, squiggly, eye-catching “chandeliers” that look like they came from a science-fiction movie set. The look of Sapa is contemporary and chic, but warm, with a sushi bar elevated above the main dining room and a courtyard in back featuring small, individual wooden huts that are 300 years old. Fire Cracker Calamari is a generous bowl of squid rings and tentacles, onion, jalapeno and zucchini pieces, all coated in a light batter and fried with garlic and Chinese fivespice seasoning. Another appealing Sapa appetizer is the yellowtail carpaccio. Better still is Sapa’s poki salad, an incendiary mélange of diced sashimi tossed with spicy honey-mustard sauce and chopped greens. The high point of my Sapa meals was a lamb sauté, which was sliced lamb nuggets marinated in curry powder, lemongrass and an assortment of Asian spices. Reviewed Dec. 17, 2009. 722 S. State, 801-363-SAPA, SapaBarAndGrill.com
The owners—Mai Nguyen and Sean Dang—put a lot of money and sweat into Sapa. The main dining room is trimmed out with orange, squiggly, eye-catching “chandeliers” that look like they came from a science-fiction movie set. The look of Sapa is contemporary and chic, but warm, with a sushi bar elevated above the main dining room and a courtyard in back featuring small, individual wooden huts that are 300 years old. Fire Cracker Calamari is a generous bowl of squid rings and tentacles, onion, jalapeno and zucchini pieces, all coated in a light batter and fried with garlic and Chinese fivespice seasoning. Another appealing Sapa appetizer is the yellowtail carpaccio. Better still is Sapa’s poki salad, an incendiary mélange of diced sashimi tossed with spicy honey-mustard sauce and chopped greens. The high point of my Sapa meals was a lamb sauté, which was sliced lamb nuggets marinated in curry powder, lemongrass and an assortment of Asian spices. Reviewed Dec. 17, 2009. 722 S. State, 801-363-SAPA, SapaBarAndGrill.com
