Maribeth Renne, Special to TCPalm Published 10:15 a.m. ET Jan. 2, 2020

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Asian food is good anytime but when it comes to sushi, many swear by it to lose a few pounds after the holidays.Most people believe Japanese cuisine in general tends to be healthy and low in calories but its important to consider the amount of rice and sauces included in sushi.The lowest calorie rolls are those made with veggies or fish without a lot of other ingredients.An even better low calorie option might be sashimi, which consists of just the raw protein.

A good place to conduct your own research on the subject is Sake at Royal Palm Pointe in Vero Beach.

We had Sakes sashimi combo deluxe ($26.99).This was a big, beautifully presented assortment of twenty pieces of fresh raw fish, including buttery salmon and tuna.There were two chef appetizers in the combo with seaweed and cucumber salads and a small bowl of rice.

Our vegetarian guest ordered the vegetarian sushi platter ($14.99), also presented in an extremely appealing fashion with five pieces of fresh veggie sushi and two vegetable rolls.She also had the tofu spicy noodles ($10.99), a large dish of stir-fried rice noodles with egg, onions, mushrooms, scallions, bell peppers, carrots and fresh basil in a Thai chili sauce.Based upon the menu description, she thought it would have been a bit spicier.

The chicken tempura dinner ($14.99) with a light, crunchy batter enrobing the tender chicken cutlets and vegetables including sweet potato, onion rings and broccoli, made a very pretty and delicious entre.Obviously, this deep-fried entre would not qualify as low on calories.

Nor would my choice of massaman curry with tofu ($11.99).This rich, creamy Thai specialty was most likely healthy but certainly not low in calories.

The Sake staff members were extremely congenial.After an unfortunately long wait, our food finally arrived.Although the platters and dinners are listed on the menu as coming with a salad or miso soup, our choices of salad never did arrive but we were anxious to have dinner and get on with our evening.We chalked the snafu up to it being a very busy pre-holiday evening.

This restaurant is fairly small and extremely popular so it gets quite crowded with a line of folks waiting for tables.Another consideration might be take-out.We witnessed a steady stream of large orders being carried out.

Parking directly in front of the restaurant can be difficult to find but there are plenty of parking spots just a few feet away between the in and out lanes of Royal Palm Point.

Maribeth Renne dinesanonymously at the expense of TCPalm for #WhatToDoIn772. Contact her atmaribeth.d.renne@gmail.comor follow@mebpebon Twitter.

Cuisine: Japanese and Thai

Address: 42 Royal Palm Pointe, Vero Beach

Hours: 11:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m., Monday Friday; 12 p.m. 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday

Phone: (772) 978.9798

Website:sakemenus.com

Alcohol: Sake, beer, wine

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