忻鮨壽司 — Restaurant in Taipei

Here's the deal. It's ok, but...

...But the chef doesn't really speak a part from introducing each fish.

...But I would have preferred a bit more background about his choice in a local (& non-traditional) ingredient over a classic fish.

...But there is Taiwanese kumquat on/in every dish. Aren't there other local citrus fruits to use? The beautiful island he wants to represent has so much other fruit no....? (Dined in August 2022, I'm not sure if his menu changes often...)

...But one of my sushi dishes had tiny bones... Err... Were they supposed to be there? The world may never know.

...But now I have a gross fishiness in my mouth an hour after finishing. Not enjoying it.

It's definitely non-traditional. So the chef should do more to explain his thinking and why we are eating everything as it is. Instead he was silent from start to finish.

I love that he was trying to celebrate local, but it left me wanting more...

Mabe I'm a sushi classicist, overall this place was not...

Honestly this is not my favorite but the CP value is amazing. For lunch there's 2 slots, 11:30am or 1pm. The chef barely interacts with you but he does introduce the dishes. It's more like a taiwanese fusion using mostly taiwanese fish and some imported japanese fish. The clientele (at least on the day I was here) is more.....local, with loud talking and constant burping from this lady next to me. Table manners were a bit lacking on the day I was here. There's a cell phone stand on the table which is very puzzling to me. A lot of the sushi I felt like wasnt supposed to be sushi, but would be nice as cooked fish. I would call it non conventional and the chef really has his distinct style. There's a lot of citrus (kumquat juice) on the sushi dishes which was not my favorite either. The tempura was oily but fine. It's just not very refined. But again really good value for a...

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