It's supposedly always a good sign when the sushi restaurant has gleaming fish and a crowded sushi bar on view when you walk in the door. So our entrance into the strip-mall treasure, Sushi Don, made us hesitate. Luckily two teachers from the neighborhood Campbell Hall school spoke up and assured us that we were in sushi heaven ,we relaxed and ordered like the sushi-starved desert dwellers we are. My companion and I chose two different sushi combination dinners, ordered at the counter, and settled in to one of the eight or so small tables. We were served some fantastic dashi broth miso soup almost immediately. Good miso is a good sign and this miso soup was the real deal. Yummy broth that had real body and a hearty undertone. Then the sushi arrived. This sushi was beautifully presented. My favorite piece, a perfectly sliced bite of halibut with a tiny lemon wedge perched on top exploded in my mouth with the clean taste of perfect fish and a burst of lemony freshness hitting a high note. The spicy roll was real salmon with a good amount of spice without overwhelming the fish. No phonyKrab here so the Calfiornia roll was a real treat. The combination was top quality and seemed to express the chef's best interpretation of the day's catch. A wonderful far cry from some sushi combinations which feature the less expensive or undersold cute. Sushi Don delivered every bite at the highest level. This is not a fancy place. It's far better than another sushi meal we had on the same trip at a famous sushi restaurant that ran up a tab 7 times what we spent at sushi Don and delivered tired fish and imitation krab. Come as you are. Enjoy the sushi. If you are looking for a mysterious dark sushi palace with a counter full of fish adn designer dressed guests, look elsewhere - we'll stick with the neighborhood treasure we found in a strip mall on Laurel Canyon Blvd just off the 101. And thanks to the Campbell Hall teachers who suggested we stay, and then sent us to the mini cheesecak