Sushi-Kyo in Gurugram brings in classic expertise with its conveyor belt counter, says Shambavi Suri
A small, white room, painted with cherry blossoms flitting around Japanese symbols that translate to “never ending fun”, and located inside the luxurious Clarens Hotel in Sector-29 is Gurugram’s first sushi restaurant with a Kaiten-sushi conveyor belt. Sushi-Kyo promises to offer its customers an evening to cherish a traditional Japanese meal and experience the convergence of technology and tradition, sitting around the revolving sushi bar. Having the sushi masterchef Nakajima on-board, Sushi-Kyo will only bring to you the authentic variants.
Making its customers feel almost exclusive, this sushi restaurant has no more than two rows of seating on either side of the Kaiten-sushi conveyor belt with an open kitchen. We are welcomed with smiles, a cold towel to wipe our faces with and green tea in a beautiful porcelain cup, painted with cherry blossom trees.
Sipping on the green tea, we are served the Maki & Nigiri Set “Take” which comprises four types of Uramaki, three types of Small Rolls and five Nigiri. First up are the three Small Rolls with tuna, salmon roe and salmon making for a beautiful sea-green platter. The freshness of the fish wrapped around with sushi rice and crunchy seaweed sheets, dipped in a bit of soy sauce and dabbed with a little wasabi, make for the perfect umami flavours, soft, subtle and with great texture. The four types of Uramaki are quite similar to the rolls but have the sushi rice wrapped on the outside, tucking away the seaweed sheet and the filling.
The Tempura Shrimp, California Crabstick and the White Fish rolls leave a bit of a sweet and sour coating on the palate with a dominating umami flavour which is cut through delicately by flavours of the fish. No matter how many of these sushis we have, our temptation to indulge in eating another one does not come to an end, therefore.
Last but not the least, we are served five types of Nigiri, fish sitting on top of a mound of sushi rice. With Spicy Tuna, Spicy Salmon, White Fish, Shrimp and Salmon variants, these are light, classic and give you the flavour of the fish as it is, mild and buttery, shaped by the chef’s expert hand to make for the right morsel that would expose you to the delicacy of flavour than texture.
Sushi-Kyo is classy, elegant and simple where you can feast upon the delicacies prepared by a purist Japanese chef accompanied with a chilled glass of beer or Japanese liquor and relax.