California Sushi Academy (Centinela, N of Culver)

When you drive up or down Centinela there's a great little pocket where there's Mexican food, Japanese food, and Hawaiian and who knows what else. The California Sushi Academy is here too. Behind a VERY unassuming storefront, at lunchtime you can great great sushi inexpertly prepared by their students.

And it's dirt cheap.

We finally made time to get there for lunch. We got the last two seats at the bar, and then we sat and sat and sat waiting for our order to get done. Our chef was a little flustered (it was busy) and had the deer-in-headlights look. Another chef comped us a tuna roll.

When it came it was great. Very fresh, not over sauced like Katsuya's offerings often are. But these are students after all and let's say that the rolls aren't as tight as they should be. And occasionally, you get a little too much wasabi hiding under your pice of fish.

But it's dirt cheap.

And if you consider the flusterings as entertainment, it's an even better deal.

Well worth a visit. We'll be back for sure