Restaurant/cafe #17 Yo! Sushi, Harvey Nichols, Edinburgh

I love sushi. If I could afford to, I’d have sushi every day. One unfortunate downside of my trip to Japan in the summer is that now I’m back home, sushi seems damn expensive (Oh how I miss you ¥150 tuna nigiri). My friends Cat, Tom and Laura also love sushi, and have long been on at me to go to Yo! Sushi with them.

Given their month-long January Blues promotion, where most of the menu is available for £2.50 a plate, this week found me meeting up with them to check it out. I have to say, I left bitterly disappointed.

Key to the “kaiten-zushi” concept is ensuring a varied selection of dishes. I don’t know if it was just down to the promotion or not, but the conveyor belt was sparse at best during my visit. To make things worse, several of the items our group ordered never turned up, despite chasing them up twice. They were kind enough to give us a 20% reduction on the bill, but when Edinburgh is so generously equipped with Japanese restaurants it’ll take more than that to entice me back.

Thickest cut sashimi ever, drawing with soy sauce on napkin, 7″ present from Tom

Tokyo #9 Tokyo Tower

After the thunderstorm last night it seemed to be a bit clearer so we headed to the Tokyo Tower to see if we could catch a glimpse of Mount Fuji.

Sadly we couldn’t, which put a dampner on our visit. Managed to get some decent views of the city from the main observatory, but given that the cloud wouldn’t lift over Mount Fuji we felt it pointless to proceed to the Special Observatory.

Present but not visible

Present but not visible

Another hot day in Tokyo

Another hot day in Tokyo

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