Environment
Actually, every branch of Zoë Sushi has the same interior decoration and seating; the main difference should be the number of seats. Today is Friday at 8 PM, and we had to wait about 10 minutes to be seated.
Meal
📍One plate 💰40
Parking
Mitsui Outlet has a super large parking lot 🅿️ with no minimum spending for free parking.
Payment Methods
Cash 💰
Credit Card 💳
A well-known chain brand of Japanese cuisine distinguishes prices by the color of the plates. The cheapest dish is $30 per plate.
There are quite a variety of sushi types, and I don’t remember their names; I just take what I like after trying a few. No matter which sushi you choose, it's all quite delicious with a bit of wasabi.
It’s a must to have hot water and tea bags on the table to brew your own tea.
When coming here to eat, you usually don’t fill up too much because if you really want to eat your fill, it can actually be quite expensive.
Between lunch and dinner
I casually found this restaurant on my way, a standard chain, with the usual clean environment and friendly service. It feels like they pay more attention to customer needs than other places, frequently checking if assistance is needed. The impression the manager (not entirely sure if that’s who it was) gave was particularly proactive, which is a plus.
I just came for a simple meal, and didn’t eat a lot. I happened to catch the Line Pay promotional week where you get an additional 4% off on Fridays, which was a nice bonus. Plus, the restaurant also has an app for points that can be used for a future order to save on three plates ($90), so I definitely recommend downloading it.
The restroom is super clean, highly recommended.
⚡ Small downside: Parking outside on the flat road isn’t great. I went on a scooter and just managed to find a spot, but the opposite side is a cultural center, so there should be car spaces available if you don’t mind some hassle.
⚡ Minor complaint, it might be because I’m used to sushi chains like Sushi Ro or Kura Sushi, but it feels like the portion size of each sushi piece here is getting smaller and smaller...
(Kura Sushi's ginger is the best, haha)
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📍Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Sushi郎 is a favorite of mine and my family at the conveyor belt sushi restaurant, and we've really been back numerous times. If there were a membership card, we could accumulate silver and gold cards; modestly speaking, we should be able to get a silver card level?
This season's new items are quite good 😆. Detailed impressions of the dishes are shared in the photos, among which are:
⭐️ Mentaiko Cream Ramen
⭐️ Grilled Sweet Potato Ice Cream
⭐️ Large Slices of Fresh Salmon (three pieces)
I personally think all of them are delicious! You must try them. The large slices of salmon, although an older item, are currently part of a promotion where you can get three pieces for 60 NT dollars, meaning more for the same price 😆. This is a lot more cost-effective compared to the previous two slices. The slices are fresh and thick, and the rich oiliness makes it really delicious. Friends who love salmon shouldn't miss it!
The only item I wouldn't recommend ❌ is the new "Lee Kum Kee XO Sauce Red Braised Genuine Shrimp." The taste is very mild, and you can’t really taste any XO sauce. It’s 100 NT dollars for two pieces served on a black plate, so don’t waste your money on that.
If you want something with a stronger flavor, I still recommend the "Spicy Red Shrimp." The aroma of fried shallots paired with a slight spiciness is really great 😎.
Overall, there were many interesting items this time. Since I couldn't try them all, I’ll leave it for everyone to taste!
Pink plate $30, white plate $40, black plate $60.
The new Omiomi tofu doesn’t taste good; it’s just a piece of tofu with cream squirted on top and sprinkled with cocoa powder...
Such a disappointing flavor.
The tuna sashimi is not bad, but overall, the fish slices today are soft and not very fresh—it's not great.
I asked the waitress if they had tempura, and she said it was the shrimp that goes with the sushi. In the end, I got the fried shrimp to eat, and it was a total failure—tasted really bland, the noodle skin was just ordinary and cold, not crispy.
It’s not tempura; it tastes like the skin of the rice cake you eat during the New Year.
The large slice of Korean beef on top is okay,
Caramel salmon sushi is also decent.
I guess that’s all there is to Zengxian Sushi; there’s only this one conveyor belt sushi in Xiaogang.
Barely edible~
Environment
Located on the first floor of Carrefour, there are limited tables due to space constraints, mostly bar seats. The arrangement of the seats is quite dense, making it feel a bit cramped and oppressive.
Food
📍 Prices are differentiated by plate color
Pink 💰 30
White 💰 40
Black 💰 60
I personally recommend the miso soup 🥣 and the brown sugar cheesecake. For the sushi, the salmon series is worth considering; sometimes the marbling is really nice. However, the scallops are not so great; they taste like ice cubes and you can clearly tell they were not fully thawed.
Parking
Scooters 🛵 have both open-air and covered parking spots on the first floor.
Cars 🚗 have underground and upper-level parking lots 🅿️, with most people parking in the basement as the slope is less steep there.
Service
There are many staff members at the store, and service is quite prompt. A bit of an inconvenience is that the menu is available via QR code 📱, but you can't order online and check the progress. You can only ask the staff to take notes by hand. If it could switch to online ordering, it would save time and manpower.
Payment Methods
Cash 💰
Credit Card 💳
Line Pay
🍣 Kaohsiung Gushan ▪️ Yi Xiang Tian Di
🍣 A hidden dessert shop that gets overshadowed by sushi (?
I've written about Zengxian and also about Zhang Sushi, so how could I miss Sushi Lang?✌🏻
Since the dining hours are always packed with people, each time I want to eat, I first check the app to confirm which store has fewer people waiting on-site. I also decide whether to take a number based on the situation 📱
It could be that other department stores are still having their anniversary sales, so it's rare to have no lines on a holiday, and we were the next group right after arriving ❤️
According to the plate colors, there are three price levels: 40, 60, and 80. If something is not available on the revolving sushi belt, you can order using a tablet. Personally, I really love their chawanmushi (but it looks unappealing in photos).
In addition to the common sushi items like salmon and tuna, they also have some creative dishes like Osaka-style sushi.
Besides that, the dessert champion is undoubtedly Sushi Lang 🏆. I’ve thought that their soft serve is already generous and delicious, and this time trying other items was also very good 👍🏻
I'm sure most people are already familiar with this. Without further ado, let’s just look at the photos✨
On a holiday, the restaurants in the Xintian Financial District are packed with people. Except for this sushi place, I already felt a bit uneasy inside, but I didn't want to wait; I just wanted to fill my stomach first.
I sat down and brewed my own green tea. I have to say, the water used in this restaurant is really, really hot; one careless move could result in a burn.
Although it's conveyor belt sushi, nowadays most orders are placed online, and then the staff brings the dishes to you. I ordered a few plates, and to be honest, I was quite disappointed. The rice lacked the flavor of sushi, and the ingredients didn't really have any freshness.
Overall, I wouldn't say it was inedible, but sushi isn't cheap to begin with, and I probably won't come back again.
Last time I went to a budget sushi place that claimed to beat chain conveyor belt sushi, but before long I was proven wrong by Shiwumaru, hahahaha.
🏠 Environment and Service
Located in the M Square Plaza on Guoan 1st Road, this regional chain conveyor belt sushi restaurant (currently with locations in Taichung, Yunlin, and Chiayi) has a nice environment. It’s on the first floor, and you don’t have to queue on weekdays during lunch. Everything you need while dining is at the table; most dishes come via the conveyor belt train, with a few items delivered by staff (you have to press a button to send the train back, which is pretty fun xD).
🍽️ Food
All the sushi rice is freshly shaped; the balance of sweet and sour flavors is quite good, not leaning too much to either side. It has an airy quality, and the fish portions are well attached, so they don’t fall off when dipped in soy sauce (that's basic, right?). There’s also a distinction between the light soy sauce for sushi and the soy sauce paste for tempura. Overall, the food is quite good, though the squid from Penghu was surprisingly a bit tough to chew; I didn’t try the bright skin fish this time, saving that for next time.
I highly recommend the grilled seafood set, which includes salmon, mackerel, tuna, flounder, and scallops, with each piece having slightly different seasonings—quite nice.
The side dishes were also good; the miso soup had a rich vegetable base, and the fish was cooked just right. The fried chicken was on the saltier side, with little sweetness; it was juicy dark meat with a light, crispy batter. It was originally a bit salty, but after squeezing some lemon, it became just right—then I added some soy sauce paste for a touch of sweetness.
The only downside is that the seasonal menu items don’t have pictures; the staff will read them out, but with my goldfish memory, I only remembered that the squid gunkan was 40 NT dollars, and I forgot the prices of the other two items xDDD.
📍Ginza Nemuro Hanamaru Sushi
🔅Actual dining date: 2024/10/18
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On this trip to Japan, I did a lot of research on sashimi and really wanted to try some conveyor belt sushi. I heard this place has good quality and reasonable prices. Knowing there would be a long wait later, I specifically chose to visit shortly after they opened, arriving around 11:20 and waited almost 40-50 minutes to be seated.
That day, I ordered: salmon/salmon belly 👍/flounder/red snapper/sweet shrimp 👍/double scallop 👍/botan shrimp/crab salad gunkan/chawanmushi/matsuba crab/draft beer. Besides the recommended items, the others were pretty standard.
The pricing is based on the color of the plates, with prices of ¥165/268/396/528, and there is also a special menu where you can order by drawing, which I found surprisingly traditional. The menu is very dense, so you have to read carefully, and the chefs are in the center. The conveyor belt has two layers, with food on the upper layer and cups available for self-service on the lower layer. If they sold cups, I would buy one (the design is really cute and nice!!).
Overall, I felt that it was not too impressive. I had a very filling breakfast that day, so I didn't eat a lot (?). But overall, the quality was standard, and the atmosphere was quite nice. Not having to wait in line was good, but if I had to wait a long time, I think there are more comparable options.
