Fuji Sushi

For this edition of the adventure, we headed back to the west end - to Fuji Sushi. If you're like me, and you ate at Cora's for breakfast or brunch a lot before it closed, you'll have no trouble finding Fuji Sushi, as it has taken its place. (For those of you who don't know where it is, head to the Cataraqui Town Centre - look to the west from there, and it's in the plaza behind Goodlife). The interesting thing is that walking in, the floor plan has remained the same, so it still feels a bit like Cora's - but the new owner/operators have done a good job choosing simple accents that help you quickly understand that not only has there been a change, but it really isn't a breakfast joint anymore - this is where you can come to get some fantastic Japanese cuisine.


Samer, Kendra (welcome back!!) and Todd had been to Fuji Sushi before and were familiar with the style, but things started out... well, confusingly for me and Tonia. Sure, you are given a menu just like in other restaurants - but right away you'll notice a few differences. First - there are no prices listed next to the descriptions of food. The reason? Fuji Sushi is an all-you-can-eat place. Adults pay one amount ($20.95 for dinner, $13.95 for lunch - and lower prices are offered for seniors and kids) and you eat what you can. Ultimately, you are completely in control of your adventure (you can even save 10% by paying your bill in cash!)... and that brings me to the next major difference: the ordering sheet. At Fuji Sushi, instead of placing your order by telling the server, you fill out an ordering sheet by marking the number of each item you'd like in a little box beside the item. Want just 1 chicken wing? Write a 1 in the box. Want 3 spicy tuna rolls? Write a 3. Want 40 pieces of salmon? Write the number 40. (You get the idea... and for the record, yes... there were 40 pieces of salmon ordered to our table - in the first round!). I have never seen anything quite like it - so it took me a little while to get used to the idea, but I have to admit - once I got used it it, I liked it a lot! It was pretty great to be able to order small amounts of things in order to try them out - if I didn't like it; no bit deal - none wasted. If I did like it, I got to order more. 

The four of us had beautifully presented plates quickly coming and going. Certainly, with so many different orders, there were a couple of serving mistakes, but ultimately, it didn't matter - if something was missed, we just ordered it again and it would appear - almost like magic. Time and time again, plates were gorgeous and yummy. Sure - I didn't necessarily like everything that came my way, but that just might happen from time to time when you eat at a new restaurant... and it didn't really matter - because I'd just order something new!

I didn't keep track of everything that came our way - but let me give you a bit of a run-down of things that we had...

Miso Soup
Spring Salad
Chicken Teriyaki
Beef Teriayaki
General Tao
Salmon
Shrimp
Spicy Salmon Roll
California Roll
Spring Rolls
Dumplings

And the list went on and on and on. Check out the pictures to see some of our choices - and here are our reviews:

Carrie: 4 forks. Overall, it was a pretty cool experience and the food was good, too. The General Tao Chicken was my favourite.

Tonia: 4 forks. Tonia thought that the food was really tasty. She thought that the spring rolls were a little gooey inside, but she really liked the dumplings. Tonia said that everything was nice, but nothing "knocked my socks off". A very neat experience, however overwhelming it began.

Kendra: 5 forks. Kendra has been to Fuji Sushi before and thought that it was delicious as always (Kendra had to join us again on our adventure when she discovered where we were headed and she certainly wasn't disappointed in her decision to do so!). A direct quote "Good fishes, but I had restraint and I didn't get fish head" - which apparently is the giddiness that occurs as a direct result of eating excessive amounts of sushi.

Samer: 5 forks. Samer loved the shrimp. He ate 28 pieces of shrimp and about 50 pieces of salmon. Samer was, as he said "speechless and stuffed". It's about time Samer got to eat somewhere that he believes deserves a high score.

Todd: 5 forks. Todd liked this experience at Fuji Sushi more than his first experience and enjoyed everything that he had. The spicy salmon didn't seem to be spicy, but that didn't upset him much (which is very apparent by his score!).

Overall score: 4.6 forks.

Well done, Fuji Sushi. Well done. The message to readers? Go and get it.

The next adventure write-up should be soon as Samer, Todd and I went to Kingston Brewing Company for the last adventure. Soon - we will be off to Woodenheads!