OJT EATS | Asahi Sushi
This week, we are having a quick meal at one of our favourite local sushi places in Taipei; Asahi Sushi. The place is open until 11pm so is perfect for a late night snack or light meal. One night, we happened to be a bit peckish so decided to head on down for a quick bite.
Pretty much as soon as you sit down, you are presented with a hot cup of green tea and then shortly afterwards, you get a bowl of miso soup. You can't really see it in the photo but this bowl was filled with bits of salmon which really helps make this feel more substantial than just a free bowl of soup.
Flounder fin is one of our favourite nigiri sushi's so it's pretty much a must order thing for us. It's blowtorched to just warm it up a bit and release some more of the flavour. The fish was incredibly tender and literally melted in the mouth; so good!
Then it was onto the main bit of our light bite; the sushi salmon bowl. This was a bowl of sushi rice covered by all types of salmon in various states of cookedness. As you can see, there was ikura, a flower of salmon sashimi on top and then you can just make out underneath all of that (and under the onion and ginger) there was lightly seared salmon and lightly seared salmon belly. This bowl was delicious and the fact that it cost less than a tenner was the icing on the cake.
This place is a great little gem of a sushi shop, it's got really good quality fish and sushi, it's open late and it's amazing value for money. There's often a queue outside at meal times but by the time it gets to late night snack time, it's normally pretty quiet. If you get a chance, we'd definitely recommend you give this place a go.
Asahi Sushi, No. 100ä¹1, Section 3, Luosifu Rd, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City
Cheers, JL
