darkstar965 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 We were up Kentlands way today and stopped in here. Ha Ku Ba has been operating for at least several years and I'd been 2 or 3 times previously. Vague recollections of it being a decent, lower priced, sushi spot but it didn't quite reach that level tonight. The "ninja" sashimi platter ($27.95) would have been enough to share if 20% of the fish wasn't tilapia (!) which we didn't eat. I'm not sure I've ever seen Tilapia on a sushi/sashimi plate before unless it was there posing as red snapper or something else as happens too often. Tuna, fluke, and salmon were fine--at Sakana (Dupont) level. The octopus was a bit stringy and overwhelmed a bit by orange roe. An order of tamago ($3.45) was of the plasticene variety. We ordered a nice specialty roll with spicy tuna and eel on top ($9.95) but, sheesh, did they have to call it a "Viagra roll" and then, add insult to injury by having another maki option titled "Viagra II"?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 It is the more expensive of the sushi options in the Kentlands. It always seems empty. I have to confess that I may simply be biased against them as it is where we discovered I have issues with escolar/white tuna. I spent the next 48 hours wanting to die. We spend our raw fish money up the street at Yoyogi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayandstacey Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Ha Ku Ba is closed. We enjoyed going there and we stopped in about a week before they closed - my 9 year old son promised to come back on Halloween in his Batman suit, and made a 'date' with the waitress. When we arrived Halloween night before sundown, the closed sign was on the door. To the waitress ... we hope you landed a new job and my son was really "batman'd up" to see you I believe that Yoyogi did them in. I also wish the property owners would build out on the master plan, which includes 4/5 story buildings where Ha Ku Ba and the rest are now. It would look more like Rockville Town Center and drive more traffic to the restaurants around that intersection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pras Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Rumor is that Corned Beef King is moving into this spot. Ha Ku Ba was pretty good. Miss the salutation "see you tomorrow"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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