Moshi Moshi — Restaurant in Mexico City

“Moshi moshi” is how to say “hello” on the telephone in Japanese. The food they call “sushi” here is also nonsense.

Antara Mall enjoys a sizable number of asian visitors, but its food court sushi restaurant does not - and for reasons that are clear once you sit down. The conveyor-belt sushi is decidedly Mexican, but poorly-executed, meaning everything contains fried additions and/or gratuitous cream cheese (a poor disguise for sub-par ingredients) and little to no actual fish, except imitation crab meat. The sushi rice itself is of poor quality and little flavor, unfortunately dooming most of what comes off the conveyor belt.

Most worryingly, the “light” soy sauce is literally regular soy sauce watered-down until the color becomes a sickly medium-brown instead of near-black, allowing one to view the bonus bits of unknown solids floating within. The friendly waiter brought out everything promptly, but after staring at my nigiri for 5 minutes I eventually had to ask for wasabi and ginger, confirming they really dont know what they are doing. It somehow cost $30 for 12 pcs of sushi easily outclassed by those found in airports and gas stations elsewhere, but thats Polanco for you.

As poorly-conceived and badly-executed it is, passable nigiri and a cute interior design saves this place...

Food was really good, and service was also nice. My one issue with the restaurant is completely environmental, as the napkins they give are gigantic, but made of paper, and all the dishes have a plastic covering and garnish, which I'm not sure if they recycle or throw away after one use. Also, the chopsticks are all wrapped in paper, and are thrown away after one use (no forks or reusable chopsticks were available). Other than that, I really enjoyed my meal there. The seaweed salad is great, especially if you add some lemon juice and wasabi. If you choose to go here, have some free advice: go easy on the sushi that's going around the restaurant, as you may feel like 45-65 is not a lot for 4 pieces of sushi (prices depend on ingredients), but you may take 3 or 4, and trust...

The non-alchoholic drinks are great: natural fruit based, with almost no sugar added. I liked their sushi concept a lot. There's an endless band next to all the tables that carries the sushi plates to your seat. Small portions, each plate carries four pieces, and it's labeled with a number. A card at your place shows you what ingredient each number has, and you just grab whatever you fancy as it comes near you. At the end, your waiter just counts how many plates you had. My only complain is that I waited for a #4 forever. Maybe it is so popular that all were gone before they made it...