A true sushi train
If you’ve been to a sushi train restaurant in Sydney, you probably thought it was pretty rad. Wait until you here about a Japanese one! We went by car with Satomi’s friend Hozumi and her boyfriend. When we arrived there was a short wait but that wasn’t much of a problem.
The main difference between this sushi train and a Sydney one was its size and layout. All the ones in Sydney I’ve been too are just a counter-type set-up where you have lunch right next to strangers. Here, there were two branches of conveyor belt with tables on each side of each branch. Each table had a fancy touch-screen order panel (many restaurants here seem to). You can order particular sushi rather than pick something from off the train. The table system then will notify you when your sushi is coming up so you can grab it off the train. Your drinks and deserts and salads and whatnot all come on the train (photo).
Once you had finished your plate, you put it into a slot that I presume carries your plate into the kitchen washing machine. It also calculates your total and notifies the waitress when you tell the table you’re finished. Everything’s just so efficient! After you’d put in six plates or so it offered you a game and if you won, a toy would be released from the machine.
Satomi took us a happy snap outside the place (photo).
I’m waiting for the introduction of these fun sushi restaurants in Sydney!
