Umegaoka Sushi No Midori Sohonten in Shibuya, Tokyo.
The entrance of the restaurant, so before we can enter, there is a ticket machine outside of the store, where we have to choose the number of people, and whether we want to be seated at the counter or not. On the first day that we attempted to go, we had a ticket that was 40 numbers away, and we end up missing because we were out shopping. =/
The next day, we went there an hour before they open just to get a queue number, and surprise surprise, there were already people ahead of us.
Luckily, we still manage to went in when the shop opened and start the feast.
we seated at the counter, just because we want to see the chef in action and the chef that hosted us was really friendly, the one at the most left. He knew that we were foreign, and will recommend us dishes on what to eat and even have friendly chit chat with limited chinese and english.
We had the Chef Special where there is an assorted sushi, and here is one page of the menu, the other side has no english, therefore we did not even try to order, as the chef was busy preparing our meal.
So for starters, Chawan-mushi and a crab salad was served, I have to say that the salad was extraordinary, the flavour match with the shredded crab and the sauce was sweet with citrus flavour, it was delicious, the least to say.
The plate was placed in front of the counter, and whatever the chef has prepared, he will just put on the plate, where we will just eat whatever he had prepared. I wanted to wait for the whole meal to arrive before eating, however, I just could not resist when the first wave of sushi arrive.
Okay, I have to admit that I do not know most of what I ate, As even some of the sushi was not presented in the English menu, however out of these six sushi on the top, the two sushi in the middle stand out the most, the top middle was the medium fatty tuna, while the bottom middle was the extra fatty tuna sushi. I had never ate such fatty tuna before and I was blown away by the tuna meat where it was so soft and smooth. I could not resist but order another set of the tuna sushi just to taste how awesome this sushi is.
The tamago was pretty good also, it was not as sweet as the type that you usually have in Singapore, while the cheap type that I usually eat, which I still like though, but this was different, it has other flavours beside the sweetness, it has a rich flavour.
From the left, we have the Snow Crab Sushi, Shrimp Sushi, Ark Shell Sushi and Grain Shellfish Sushi. The snow crab sushi was incredibly tasteful and soft likewise the shrimp sushi, however some may not like it, as it has the slimy texture as well, but it was so awesome. the ark shell and grain shellfish was rather chewy however still fresh and lovely.
Next, we have these sushi, where I forgot the name of the sushi on the left, its the white fish thing, it was chewy and there is a dash of ginger on top, which gives a nice refreshing bite to it. In the middle, it is the salmon roe sushi, where it is oh my god tasty, each egg just burst when I bit into it while the last one is the sea urchin sushi, it was a interesting texture, slimy and mushy, but hey, if it taste good, I ain't complaining.
Last of the sushi were the tuna roll and the Unagi sushi. I have to say that I am very impress wih the Unagi sushi, it was soft, it was flavourful, it was beautiful, it was delicious. Words can't describe this awesome flavour that I experience when I ate the Unagi sushi, but it may be because I really like to eat Unagi, and this was out of the world. The tuna roll was decent to say, but it could be that the Unagi just totally consumed me.
So, this is all the sushi that was presented to us in the Chef Special Meal, I had to ask my friend to take a picture, because he could resist eating, but I could not. It was a awesome experience that I had to other some more sushi, however due to my hunger, I did not take any pictures.
Though i did take picture of this tamago sushi, as I was amazed at the size of the tamago, with the small amount of rice. It was absolutely lovely to eat a sushi like this.
Most of the sushi had a dash of wasabi inside them, therefore they do not provide wasabi except soy sauce, though some sushi had a very strong wasabi flavour in it, it does complements the dish perfectly well.
Last but not least, the dessert that came with the meal, there were two choices, pudding or jelly, I took the jelly, it was a mild flavour jelly but it does end the meal well.
This awesome sushi chef was the chef that took our order, and chit chat when it took a while longer for our sushi to arrive, he is a funny guy and I feel that he really help to make our meal better.
1-12 Dogenzaka, Shibuya Mark City East 4F,
Shibuya 150-0043, Tokyo Prefecture.
Opening Hours: Daily, 11 am to 9, 10 pm (The closing time may differ, so do check out whether there are changes, as some days they do put a sign on the time that they close. )
Take Note: the waiting takes a while, usually if you go during lunch time, be prepared to queue for 1 to 2 hours, of course, it depends on how fast the customers eat inside the restaurant, but it is worth it!!
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