Somewhere mid December I went to this all you can eat sushi restaurant called Sakana to celebrate the birthday of my friend Fhant. I sometimes see restaurant impressions done by other participants of Weekend Cooking and I always enjoy those very much because it isn't very likely that I will visit those far away places. So I thought I would return the favour and post an impression myself.
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| Salmon Handroll |
Sakana is a Japanese all you can eat sushi and grill restaurant in a city called Den Bosch. I have no idea how the sushi restaurants in Japan work but this restaurant works with an all you can eat concept. You order in rounds and each round you can order 5 items of food maximum. This can be hot or cold food. What I love about this all you can eat concept is that they don't like it if you waste items so you have to pay extra if you not finish what you order. Of course when you are with a group there are always a few garbage cans that can stuff some more away ;) But I think it is a good concept that makes you think before you order.
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| Some flamed fish nigiri |
I don't eat fish very often as I eat mostly vegetarian but I do make an exception when I eat out in a sushi restaurant. I just can't resist and mostly the vegetarian sushi offer is very limited. However if I make sushi at home I often do opt for vegetarian also because Zeronic doesn't like to eat fish. What I liked best in this restaurant were the flamed nigiri's. I am not sure I ever had these before. They serve the nigiri with warm fish instead of raw and they are marinated in some sauce and flamed. I found these very unique and I find them a nice addition to the more traditional nigiri.
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| Dragonballs - Picture by my friend Belsammael |
Another thing I tried were these sweet sesame balls. They are called dragon balls and I think they had red bean paste in them. All though a bit odd I liked them but I find it more of a snack or dessert item, not really for a main meal. Come to think of it, I think I did eat only sushi apart from these dragon balls. No hot items except for some mushrooms. I guess I just love sushi too much and because I can only eat fairly small portions, I take what I like best.
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| Some nigiri and inside out maki |
I do realize that I only took pictures of the food and not of the restaurant itself. This is mainly because I only made the pictures to share on twitter in between orders and I only thought up later that I wanted to write this post. Hopefully you guys enjoyed this impression regardless.
I am curious now though how Japanese restaurants function in other countries. Do they have the same concept or do they have another concept entirely?
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