Genki Sushi

I honestly loved this place because I think it is THE ORIGINAL conveyer belt sushi. I always have to come to one of these chain restaurants when I’m in Hong Kong.
The first time I tried the Genki conveyer belt sushi was in 2005. Once you sit down, there’s green tea powder and hot water for you to make your own drinks. In addition, there’s a soya sauce platter for you to put your sauce in.
The prices are
$ 12, $ 14, $ 16, $ 18, $ 20, $ 22 for the more common items and $ 25 to $ 40 for the exceptional items. This has been much more expensive over the years. From what i recal, the cheapest dish used to be $ 8 a plate as opposed to $ 12.
Each dish consists of about 2 pieces of sushi each. I wouldn’t say it is extrmely tasty sushi, but definitely a great place to go to for the experience.

This review is mostly for the pricing (which was good) not so much for the sushi. I mean, it was good but not super great, as i wish my sushi to be. :)
Compared to other sushi places I’ve been this one did not surprise me flavour wise.
The concept is really cool though — they serve the sushi on a rolling band, that’s kind of their thing.

Sushi and sashimi platters on the round about!
You get to pick what you want to eat or order from the menu. They have the norm. It is a sushi chain.
Their signature Foie Gras sushi is what we ordered up to taste, test and try. It sounds good, but it was disappointingly spoiled! Yuck. We told the waiter and he didn’t charge us for it.
Other than that mishap, I liked their salmon sashimi and it seemed like every Japanese sushi shop ran out of Uni on the night outing that I decided to get some!

To be very honest, I am quite hesitant in whether to write about this sushi chain especially when it is almost as common as convenient stores; however, this place certain has something special, to me at least, that compels me to write about it.
Sushi has always been a high-​end delicacy to me, when you walk into a traditional japanese restaurant, it is often the sushi that ranks the highest in the price list. Nonetheless, sushi train or conveyor belt sushi has make this once sophisticated item become more accessible to commoner. This stands true not only in Hong Kong, but Japan as well. For sushi train shops like genki, speed is of the essence in business success; aside of the conveyor belt which bears sushi that runs almost across the shop, when orders are placed, they would only be served when all the sushi items are ready on the same plate. This makes sure that the customers could finish their food in a shorter time and allows more turnovers.
Genki’s sushi to me are pretty standards, this might be due to the fact that local pallets are not as adventurous in trying out new species of fishes as well as the fact that useable fish is hard to source. To create new flavors, genki will add toppings onto the piece of fish for a mix and match effect which is rather interesting. Cheese and mayo are rather typical and not worth mentioning; the most recent invention is to add pesto onto milder fish for a taste of summer. Quite interesting especially the taste of basil really accentuates the freshness of the piece of fish, you don’t really have to dip the piece into the soy sauce before you can enjoy it. That I have to give them credits for.
One thing still bugs me a lot despite being a faithful customer for many years is that…
THEIR SOY SAUCE IS DEAD SALTYYYYYYY
If you are not careful enough and dipped too much of it and got soaked up by the rice, I am afraid that’s the demise of your piece of sushi. As a general principle, you should dunk the piece of fish instead of the ball of rice into the soy; but if you are lazy (like me) and do not wish to invert the piece of sushi, remember…
scantly does it~ (speaking for my personal experience)