We decided to spoil ourselves recently and went to O2 Sushi for dinner. We’ve been a little disappointed in the other sushi restaurants we’d been to in the Lynnwood area, so when we found O2 Sushi, we were very weary. When we got there, we found a very clean and updated décor, three (3) sushi chefs behind the bar and a happy wait staff scuttling about keeping patrons happy.
We were immediately seated at the bar where, surprisingly, we were all by ourselves. There were people at the tables and booths, just not at the bar. Which to me was a little weird. When I go out for sushi part of the experience is talking to the sushi chef and blindly adding to other peoples conversations. I guess it’s always nice to be able to get other peoples opinions on what’s good too. Regardless, the bar was vacant and that actually worried me… at first. When I sat down and gave my drink order, I was given a sheet of paper (not unlike other places) to put my order on, so the wife and I got started on looking through the menu and asking the chef questions. For instance, there were things like spicy tuna, and spicy yellowtail. I had never actually had spicy yellowtail before but I fairly hesitant to mess with a fish I already liked. However, Peter (the head chef and owner of O2) was more then willing to compel me to try it and I wasn’t disappointed.
We actually ended up ordering so much that I am unable to list them off, but I did do what not enough sushi patrons are willing to do. I asked the chef to make me whatever he liked for my last roll. Now that seems scary on the face of it I’m sure, but I have found that any decent sushi chef is going to make you something you can’t get enough of. And this case was no different. On top of that, Peter had a great sense of humor. Food is really only half of the experience in going for sushi, and he was very capable making sure the social aspect was more then exceptional.
The last thing we ordered was shrimp tempura, and we waited longer then normal for it. Peter, being a fantastic host in his establishment made this otherwise ordinary tempura dish that much better with an apple and an adept swoosh of his knife. This was seriously cool, and I’m sure someone is going to tell me that this is easily recreated at home, but I don’t care. This was a great way of making us happy. He carved this apple into a swan in like 30 seconds. No tooth picks, no sugar glue, just apple. It was awesome! 
Sixtydgree 