Soseki Cafe Iowa City

Finally a super delicious Japanese Cafe is in town! Different from usual Japanese restaurants, Soseki brings metropolitan high quality grab-and-go cafe concept into Iowa City! The environment is bright, open and clean. And the food is super fresh and delicious! They have grab-and-go sushi for those who are in a hurry. It's cheaper but not order to make. We didn't try them, but they look good. My husband and I ordered Spider Roll, Shrimp Tempura Roll and Curry Pork Chop Donburi for $24. Every dish came with soup or salad. The price was average in the area, but the quality of the food really worth the money! Spider Roll: it's so impressive that you can clearly see big soft shell crab in the roll! The veggie, meat, rice and sauce were very balanced. Very delicious! Shrimp Tempura Roll: the shrimp tempura is crunchy and fresh! Taste good! Especially the end part of the roll! Curry Pork Chop Donburi: Super impressive and delicious! They put large chunks of fried pork chop over the rice with veggies in the curry sauce. The pork chops are thick, juicy inside and crunchy outside. The curry sauce is a little spicy but very smooth! And you can have rice, veggie and large chunk of pork chop in every bite! Very recommend this dish if you want something other than sushi here!

Fantastic selection of food, personally a big fan of their cooked dishes, as most Japanese places shift most of their efforts to sushi, Soseki has a good collection of both. However I think their cooked dishes deserve special praise, particular the rice bowls, of which the Katsudon is my favorite.