I’m not one to usually have chirashi bowls (I blame it on an incidence of overeating and subsequent food poisoning), so perhaps I’m not the best judge of Daizu’s bowls (ie don’t just take my word for it). This Chilli Soft Shell Crab ($18) bowl with onsen egg, mushrooms, edamame, soybeans, and a housemade chilli crab sauce caught our eye for how interesting it sounded. I mean, soft shell crab and chilli crab sauce basically just yells “EAT ME!” What I really appreciate is how generous they are with their salmon sashimi. Lift up that gorgeous looking soft shell crab, and there’s a mountain of sizeable, huge, meaty cubes of salmon. Unfortunately they didn’t trim off the grey fat line on the salmon, which was rather off-putting for me. I also didn’t quite enjoy the chilli crab sauce. It was really starchy and sweet, and perhaps cause the sashimi wasn’t tossed in much soy sauce the overall dish became overpoweringly sweet. It’s very generous and good value that’s for sure, and a very promising idea too; but I figure it could do with a little tweaking.