Likewise, the rolls are filled with equally fresh vegetables, fish eggs and garnishes. The only noteworthy shortcoming is the rice, a small-grained, pretty pearl variety that nevertheless lacks distinction. In terms of aesthetics, sushi here is tasteful rather than flamboyant. On the main menu, soup noodles are a good bet. Served in a huge bowl of mild broth with copious white udon or buckwheat soba noodles and 12 ingredients, it's ideal comfort food.
Appetizers are unpredictable.
Options number in the hundreds. It's enough to make Japanese-food lovers positively giddy. Koji Osakaya patrons have plenty of time to ponder whether quantity equals quality, as service ranges from leisurely to vigorously indifferent. Not that the waiters aren't generally polite. Koji Osakaya cuisine is uniformly competent, fresh and attractively presented, although rarely inspired.