Dining Out - Sushi Dragon

Sushi Dragon

^{Those lights from inside made it quite tough to get a decent shot of the front. That and not being able to go further back}

I felt like sushi and had noticed that my local take away was shut for some renovations, so decided to combine a walk to the beach with some sushi-go-round. It's a 2km walk for me down to the beach, and after a bit of a wander I decided it was time for dinner.

I was greeted and shown to my seat, sadly on the tail side of the conveyer, so anything from the kitchen would have to take almost a full lap to get to me. This wasn't an issue as I wasn't intending on ordering anything special, but is something I consider when being seated.

^{Opposite me and the cold sushi making area was a wall of photos of past happy customers}

The staff were quite good, and attentive, but were quite happy to leave me alone when I said I didn't need anything else once I had my drink. I sat and watched the varieties of sushi go past, checking for options that I can and can't have. Part of finding a good sushi place for me revolves around my ability to just sit down and pick stuff to eat. If too many of the dishes contain avocado (the most likely of my allergies to be present), then it's going to make the dining experience less enjoyable. As I find in a lot of places, most of the rolls contained avocado, or were unclear if there was any in it or not through the cover, or hidden under the sauce.

^{I was able to pick this one at least. Chicken Katsu and Processed Cheese, with a mild chilli sauce}

I started with this one (above), but sadly it made for a pretty disappointing start to the meal. The chicken could have been juicier, the cheese didn't really add anything to it, and the sauce was bland and lacking in heat or destinctive flavour. These things happen though, so on to the next option.

^{Seared salmon nigiri, mayo and a soy based sauce}

After the dissappointing start, I decided to try one of my staples from any sushi location. This was reasonably well done, but it had been sitting too long, as the sauce had gotten into the rice and helped it fall apart while eating it. Far from the best I'd had, but at least it was an improvement over the first dish.

^{Tuna nigiri. I think it was seared then sliced.}

Next up I went with what looked like sliced seared tuna nigiri. I really shouldn't have. It was pretty ordinary, and very underwhelming. I decided after 2 failures from 3 dishes that I was done and headed home.

It's not often I don't have a good meal from a sushi train, but this was one example where I'd have been better off picking somewhere else. It might be because it was pretty quiet when I was there, and when it's busier there'd be a better turnover of sushi, but I prefer dining when it's quieter, and other sushi trains can manage to be successful in their slow times. This one for me sadly is a miss. I say sadly because it's my closest train.

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