We are arguable now entering a golden age of kaiten sushi (you know, the circle sushi joints where you can have a decent meal without breaking the bank). Chains from Japan including Sushiro and Hama and Kura have entered the market in Taiwan, and appear to be doing quite well, at least when I visit them.
Kura is reportedly now upping the ante, announcing it will open its first overseas flagship store. It will reportedly be the largest Kura Sushi in the world. The lucky city to get it? Kaohsiung! @DKaoshuing hopefully will report back and let us know what he thinks.
Since kura and sushiro opened up here, Taiwanās own train sushi joint sushi express has gone down hill big time. Last few times I went in there I couldnāt find anything good. Itās like they have just given up.
Yea I mean the restaurant oneā¦ which clearly aināt no sushiro/kura sushi but it used to be alright for what it is. The take out shop (think its called sushi to go) is crap.
On the subject of sushi, any more yank style sushi places in Taipei or is it still the one place?
I donāt know what this means. āYankā = American = California style sushi? If so, yes there are, but Kura is not one of them, as it is very much a Japanese operation.
Yank is a secret code word us brits use to refer to america / americans
So yes, yank sushi means california roll style sushi. Iāve only known of the one place that does it in Taipei -ncis sushi. If there are others options out there i would love to know.
Here in Japan it is about evenly split between Sushiro and Kura Sushi of the big three. Donāt go to Hamazushi.
Youāre lucky you got a Kura rather than a Hama.
And yes, there is a la carte menu as well as the sushi train. And of course, never grab stuff from the train. Order a new one which gets delivered right to your table. Much fresher.
