Nibbles: Nippon

	Nippon LOCATION: 6200 Coors NW, Suite B7 (in Montaño Plaza), 899-0743 or 899-0744 HOURS: Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. Dinner 4:30-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 4:30-10 p.m. Fridays, noon-10 p.m. Saturdays and noon-9 p.m. Sundays

For my dine-in lunch, I ordered the Bento Box #2, which includes a cup of warm miso soup, four sushi, eight thick, fresh California rolls, a large helping of steamed, white rice and a salad of iceberg lettuce with the house ginger-flavored dressing. The sushi (shrimp, tuna, Hawaii tuna, and salmon) was delicious. Using knife and fork, I applied a very small amount of the wasabi, or Japanese horseradish, over each. I placed slices of ginger over some of the California rolls; the result was delightful. It was a meal with more rice than I could manage in one sitting.

For a to-go lunch for my son Nate, I ordered Bento Box #4, which includes teriyaki chicken and sliced mushrooms in a light soy sauce, tempura vegetables (carrot, onion, sweet potato and zucchini) plus the California rolls, salad and large side of rice. He enjoyed the flavor of the sauce in the chicken and mushrooms. He praised the light batter of the tempura.