Itadakimashu!

Author

Syen

I have loved Japanese foods far before all my friends of the same age did. I remembered the first time my dad took me to a Japanese Restaurant and he ordered me a fresh sashimi. My dad thought I will be disgusted and he will need to force me to try, but my reaction was the opposite. I ate it without hesitation and fell in love with it right away. I was around 7 to 9 years old that time. 

As time goes by, my love toward Japanese foods is decreasing. Doesn't mean I don't like it anymore, but it was because I found a lot more fascinating foods out there, like Korean food (which is quite popular these days), and then recently I'm so crazy with Burgers.

However, like everyone says, first love will never be forgotten.

Okay. No more dramatic opening. I will stop right here. 
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In this post, I want to review this super amazing Japanese food I had some weeks ago.

This restaurant called Maki House. They got a lot of branches here in Shanghai, and one of them is open at a mall close to the place I live now. I'm always intend to try it for a long time before, but it always has a long line, and I'm always too starving to wait.

On one fine weekend, me and my housemate decided to give it a try. We took the number and wait for almost one and half hour to get inside the restaurant.

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The restaurant has a dark and classy vibes, just like the usual Japanese restaurant. Nothing really special. Once we got the seat, we ordered 4 different sushi as the pictures below.
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Foie Gras

Grilled Cheese Seafood

Tuna Spicy

Salmon Avocado

 
I was expecting so much from the Foie Gras but it turns out to be just "okay", while the other sushi we ordered were EXTREMELY GOOD, especially for the salmon avocado. The sashimi is fresh, and the combination of the sauce, avocado, and all the ingredients (i can't mention) inside is just perfect. My second favorite is the Tuna spicy which is also tasted amazing.

​But the ultimate satisfaction is the price and the size of sushi which can be consider as cheap compare to the other sushi restaurants I've ever been. Price around RMB 28-38/plate.
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Will I come to this restaurant again?
DEFINITELY! YES!

I can tell why this restaurant is always packed and why a lot of of my friends recommend me this place. One and half hour of waiting is definitely worth it. I gave this restaurant 9/10, and put this as a high recommended restaurant in Shanghai.

Address: 388 W Jiangwan Rd, Hongkou District, Building B Level 1
西江湾路388号龙之梦购物中心B座1层