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2012-11-01
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This isn't my first time at Genki Sushi. Since it was a really pleasant experience there the first time I went, I decided to recommend this restaurant to my friends again for a birthday celebration Before going down, I called Genki Sushi to make a reservation because I knew there would be a long waiting queue for this good food. However, no reservations are allowed. Upon reaching there at about 6.30pm, we waited more than one hour (7.30pm) just to get a seat inside! We needed to wait for a big
After entering the restaurant, we were greeted by the waitresses and one of them came over to explain how the iPad ordering works. We got down to work quickly and started ordering happily!!! There is such a huge variety that we were really spoilt for choice, so we just ordered almost everything.
You can order 5 items and send your order first which comes on this electronic train. It's so cute and super super (!!!!!) efficient. You just press 'order', and then within 1 minute you will receive your food already. It is just this fast. I guess it made up of the long waiting time. On the iPad, you can also check how much you've spent.Tip for ordering: Don't order any drinks, you can collect your own free iced water at the water dispenser. There's also free green tea powder at your table which you can mix with the iced water and you get iced green tea ;D Don't look at this suggestion in disgust, it actually tastes nice, just like normal green tea.
The FoodWe ordered a whole lot because the iPad makes it so fun and impulsive to order, order and order!!! =D I will tell you the average price even after all this crazy ordering. It's really just click whatever you like to eat! We ordered the usual type of sushis to first satisfy our hunger before venturing into those funny looking ones.
Please order this sushi, it's really my favourite sushi out of everything there and it tastes fabulous!!!
My friends also randomly ordered (OMG :X) a lot of funny-looking dishes. The poached egg thing (top right) is just hard-boiled egg with a crunchy exterior.The egg yolk is the bomb - it is the sort of jelly-texture (half-cooked but not liquidy, semi-hard, oh so delicious) that I think everyone loves!!! But it is very expensive, I think $5+ for just that dish itself. It is a good try but really not worth it, so remember not to order that unless you are really hungry for the jelly-like egg yolk Referring to the bottom centre item, it is some sort of really strong-tasting thing (I forgot the name) but I think it is oyster. The centre part looks hard but omg it is actually very soft!!! Even softer than tofu, I tell you (not exaggerating). We squeezed the lemon juice all over it and we dug in! Yums yums.. but it is so salty and sour (from the lemon juice) at the same time, and without any rice to go along, it's really too strong... another *interesting experiment*... It would go perfectly with a bowl of rice though.
The bowl of shark-fin-looking soup (no it's not shark fin...) is really delicious. Another must-order item!!! There are two flavours of the soup, we ordered both. I love both of it!!! It is definitely worth eating.
The rest of the sushis are just normal-delicious because I like sushis so I'll be biased when it comes to determining the taste.
(Actually this picture only shows a fraction of what we ordered because after I took this picture I just started eating frantically) The Service
The waiter/staff who was managing the queue came around to first ask us how many seats we need and he also came around to explain that we will need to wait very long due to our big group. However his earlier estimation of 20mins was doubled before we had a seat... -_- Not his fault anyway, probably too fun inside for people to get out!!!
Previously we planned a birthday surprise so I passed the cake to one of the staff to help spring a surprise for both of our friends. She readily agreed and also produced two candles when I asked if they had any! Wow I was surprised
The Atmosphere
The train sushi-serving machine system beats the conveyor belt sushi in terms of innovation!!! It's really so fun to see our food delivered in a cute fashion. Loved it! The booths also give me a sense of privacy and at the same time not barricaded from service at any one point.
Overall
We paid about $15/pax (after GST) and it is actually quite acceptable given that we anyhow ordered like crazy. It felt like a buffet, seriously. I will definitely recommend to my other friends again, but never will I go on a weekend anymore. The queue is crazy! But that also goes to show how popular this place is ;)
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