Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best tai sushi?【Taste test】
Only one of these lucky fish uses a special and highly lauded preparation method. In his tireless pursuit of finding us the best conveyor belt sushi, our reporter P.K. Sanjun has been downing...
View ArticleWhich Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best squid sushi?【Taste test】
We’re going beyond fish today with a four-way maika faceoff. If you’re from a culinary culture that doesn’t commonly eat squid, Japan’s kaitenzushi (conveyor belt sushi) restaurants are a great way to...
View ArticleWhich Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best egg sushi?【Taste test】
Looking for egg-celence at Japan’s big four kaitenzushi restaurants. As foodies and linguists are quick to point out, “sushi” doesn’t mean “raw fish.” Instead, it refers to the vinegared rice. That...
View ArticleWhich Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the best steamed egg custard?...
Go for the sushi, stay for the eggs. Continuing our taste test battles between four popular Japanese conveyer belt sushi restaurants–Kappa Sushi, Kura Sushi, Hama Sushi, and Sushiro–we tried out the...
View ArticleWhich Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the best chutoro?【Taste test】
Medium fatty tuna go head-head in our latest kaitenzushi showdown. For the past few months, our Japanese-language reporter P.K. Sanjun has been conveyor-belt hopping — jumping from one budget...
View ArticleWhich Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best salad sushi?【Taste test】
”Salad” at a sushi restaurant doesn’t always mean a bowl of mixed greens. Nine times out of ten, if you walk into a restaurant in Japan and ask for “salad,” you’ll get a bowl of mixed vegetables, just...
View ArticleWhich Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best bintoro sushi?【Taste test】
Sharpen your sushi knowledge with an in-depth look at a popular restaurant item. When it comes to eating sushi in Japan there are so many options to choose from it can be hard to know where to start....
View ArticleNew sushi train toy makes sushi for you, then delivers it, and is exactly...
A functional sushi factory for your dinner table. Revolving sushi restaurants are one of life’s great joys, and Japan’s love for them is so great that there are even toy trains designed to let you...
View ArticleGenki Sushi now has a range of sushi…that isn’t really sushi
Vegetarian? Vegan? Or just plain weird? This conveyor belt restaurant chain serves up a taste of all three. Genki Sushi Co., which operates the popular Uobei and Genki Sushi conveyor belt restaurant...
View ArticleWhich Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best saltwater eel...
It’s a four-way anago showdown of affordable luxuries. Japan’s conveyor belt sushi, or kaitenzushi, restaurants are a lot easier on the wallet than more upscale eateries specializing in Japan’s most...
View ArticleWhich Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best hamburger steak...
No, no, not sushi hamburgers. That would be weird. Sushi, as foodies and linguists are quick to point out, doesn’t mean “sliced raw fish.” That would be sashimi. The word sushi actually refers to...
View ArticleWhich Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best prawn sushi?【Taste test】
Ebi sushi enters the ring for this latest seafood showdown. Whether you know it as “shrimp” or “prawn“, ebi is one of the most popular sushi toppings. Which of the top conveyor belt sushi restaurant...
View ArticleWe investigate the half-priced beer at Sushiro that everyone is angry about
Righteous indignation or an overreaction? There’s been a lot of online buzz in Japan recently about a half-price beer deal at the conveyor belt sushi chain Sushiro. Normally, such news would make a...
View ArticleWhich Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best aosa miso soup?【Taste...
We find some big differences in how the big four chains prepare this classic sushi restaurant side order. There’s more than just sushi that comes down the lane at Japan’s kaitenzushi (conveyor belt...
View ArticleJapanese restaurant serves up the biggest sushi we’ve ever seen!
Conveyor belt sushi chain goes big with its servings. When it comes to conveyor belt sushi, people tend to think of big chains like Sushiro and Kura Sushi, but one place that shouldn’t be overlooked...
View ArticleWhich Japanese conveyer belt sushi chain has the tastiest sea snail, if...
Our reporter didn’t have high hopes for this taste test…Did it surpass his expectations? In the opinion of our Japanese-language reporter P.K. Sanjun, Japan’s four biggest conveyer belt sushi...
View ArticleKagoshima conveyor belt sushi chain Mekkemon rises above the rest with its...
Our reporter discovers the special feature that makes one kind of common fish at this local eatery a slice above even the fatty tuna. During his recent spontaneous trip to Kagoshima Prefecture, far in...
View ArticleWhich Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best mackerel sushi?【Taste...
Our taste tester has spent years avoiding kaiten sushi shime saba, so will he regret giving it a second chance? When ordering at a sushi restaurant, there are two schools of thought as to when you...
View ArticleWhich Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best Prawn Tempura...
There’s a clear winner when it comes to fried prawns at these sushi chains. As we continue on our quest to compare every type of sushi on the menu at all four of the nation’s top conveyor belt...
View ArticleTwo Sushiro workers form the Conveyor Belt Sushi Union, seeking better wages...
Among other grievances, workers allege that they are not paid fairly for their preparation time or labor and hours worked are unjustly rounded down. Sushiro, a popular chain of revolving sushi...
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