How can one come to Japan and not max out on Sushi? Good thing, we approached our sushi eating missions with a 'two-pronged' attack plan - cheap and solidly good. So good our attack strategy, I think we ate enough tuna to shoot my 'Save the Dolphins -Don't eat tuna' cause to bits. So massive we 'burped fish' till the next day (pardon the disgusting details).
The first time we went to Midori Sushi at the Shibuya Mark City we were all prepared for a queue, but we most certainly were not expecting a snaking queue that was only growing longer, not smaller the whole 20 mins we were there.
Disappointed, we gave up and promised ourselves we would definitely have to come back. If even the locals were prepared to wait, we had too to.
The second time round, we planned ahead. Disneyland wasn't living up to being "Happy La-La land" - I suppose we overestimated it's 'feel-good' power it had on over-grown jaded adults - so we left early to make our way back to give Midori another shot.
This time round, at 8pm, 2 hours before closing time, we got in! And there were no regrets..
Like sharks on a feeding frenzy at the smell of fresh fish, we kept pointing at the various sushi available until our waitress told us to stop and hinted that their shop would be closing at 10.
Sheepishly we put down our menus and waited in anticipation for our sushi to arrive. In 20 mins, there was almost zero conversations from our table except for the occasional "oh..this is sooooo good" audible rudely from 4 fully-stuffed mouths.
We went straight for the highly recommended chef's choice - perfect with several selections of fatty to ultra fatty tuna, a huge slab of fresh Unagi.
Some California maki - Didn't really like this. Stick to the fish and seafood.
The Hotate sushi was probably the sweetest scallops I tried the whole trip. Plump and sweet and really super fresh. Of course we went for seconds straight after.
The Salmon Sushi was generously slabbed with a nice piece of fatty Salmon belly. Topped with the ginger, quite a interesting kick to having the usual salmon sushi.
As a separate note, with the likes of Oo-toto, Hotate and Fugu gracing us with it's presence at such reasonable prices compared to Singapore, I could finally understand why people always tell me that the Salmon was probably the cheapest fish served at a sushi table.
Mentaiko was also very freely available in Tokyo. At almost every meal, we had mentaiko in any possible form and places the Japanese Chefs could think of putting it. Since it's one of her favourites, Sis L went for the Mentaiko Maki. A little too hardcore and salty for me though.
And Finally.... Our coveted medium and ultra fatty otoro. So fresh and fatty, the slices simply melts in your mouth.. Oh, the reminiscence.... I want to go back to Tokyo!!!
We also had albacore - seared and semi broiled. Cooked, the tuna becomes even more unbelievably yummy. The combination of oily fresh meat with springy grilled textures rolled with the onions and the mentaiko toppings, all balanced with the rice base and kicked with Wasabi - HEAVEN.
To try other novel things on the menu, we also selected the roast beef sushi. Tasting a little like otoro, it would probably serve as a suitable alternative.
By the first round, I was already waving my chop-sticks in surrender. About time too as the waitress was going round taking last ordered - probably in caution at this greedy table. Greed of course kicks in and we finally wrapped up our sushi experience with a second round of almost everything previously ordered and left with sedated bellies and happy smiles.
Midori Sushi @ Shibuya
Mark City E., 4th fl.
1-12-3 Dogenzaka
Shibuya-ku, Japan 150-0043
Tel: 03-5458-0002
Be prepared to queue, unless you go at opening or close to closing.
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