Today we're out for sushi
And not just any sushi
Bullet train sushi!
We're out for sushi for lunch
At Premium Kaio Sushi
In Diver City Mall in Odaiba
It's a conveyor belt sushi restaurant
They haven't got anything on the conveyor belt at the moment
It's all ordering your own
I think because it's lunchtime
It's not as busy as it would be in the evening
So normally you can pick off the belt
Or you can order on the touchscreen
And your sushi comes along by bullet train
Sounds interesting
Now I don't know about where you live
But in the UK
Sushi tends to be quite an upmarket, fancy type of food
So it's usually quite pricey
So I was surprised when I first went to Japan
And found that it isn't necessarily that expensive
There are higher-priced restaurants
But it can also be as little as 100 yen per plate
Sometimes even less
So today we're trying cheap conveyor belt sushi
To see if it's any good
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They've got different languages on the touchscreen
So we can change it to English
There you go
So you've got all your... nigiri, rolls
Side dishes, noodles, drinks
There's actually quite a big selection
And it's a good place to try new things
If you're not sure if you're going to like them
What's that one?
"Extra large roasted sea eel"
It needs a few more rice balls!
You can order up to 4 things at once
I'm going to go for a kappamaki
Cucumber roll
Once you've made your choices
You press the order confirmation button
And wait for your sushi to arrive
By bullet train!
It's really easy if you don't speak Japanese
You don't actually have to talk to anyone
It's my sweetcorn
You have to press the button to send the train back
This is a similar system to Genki Sushi in Shibuya
Which is really popular with foreigners
I used to think Genki Sushi was the only place you could order on a touchscreen
I think that's why everyone goes there
But there's actually lots of places like this
Including a chain called Sushiro
There's a video about it on my channel
And I found a really good one in Yodobashi Camera
Which is right by the station in Akihabara
There's lots of them
So you don't have to go to the same place everyone goes to
I got the corn mayo gunkan
Which seems to me like an unusual sushi
Because we don't really have it in the UK
But they have it at most of the conveyor belt sushi restaurants I've been to
Corn's quite big here isn't it?
Yeah, and in Korea
They have sweetcorn soup in the vending machines!
I want to try that actually!
And I've got a cucumber roll
It's got pickled plum in as well
Pickled plum has quite a strong, sour flavour
It's kind of an acquired taste
It's not for beginners!
What have you gone for Phil?
This is some yellowtail
And some tuna
I think it's fairly standard tuna
You can get fatty tuna and all different types
But the price increases
Right now, I'm not starving
So I just want some tuna
And they've got wasabi in sachets for you
What's this one?
This is bluefin tuna
What's the difference between that & normal tuna?
I actually don't know!
There's quite a few families & kids in here
I guess it must be a really fun place for kids to come
And see their sushi zooming along
One of the issues with this type of on-demand sushi
Is the rice often comes out quite warm
That's not necessarily bad
But I don't think that's how it's supposed to be served
It's supposed to be at room temperature
That's what I thought as well
It can be a bit odd
Doesn't make it taste any less good
But you know there's less time over the preparation
It's more like they're just getting it out
Very quickly
Which is why it's quite cheap
It's not a fancy sushi place
Oh no
But it is good quality ingredients
The rice tastes really good
And the bits of fish I've had so far
Have been really good, thick cuts
That taste really nice
They've got a cute little mascot!
Like most conveyor belt sushi places
There's free green tea on the table
They give you this pot of matcha powder
There's hot water on tap, on the table
Here's the rules of the conveyor belt sushi
You have to watch out for your cuffs
You're not allowed to get on the conveyor belt
No lane crossing
Here they've got some points
So they can divert the conveyor belt
If they don't want to use the whole thing
Before I carry on
If you want to try making your own sushi at home
I've written a recipe comic book
It's got cute characters
That show you how to make rolls
Nigiri, futomaki
Edamame
And gyoza
For a whole sushi feast!
There's nothing like fresh sushi
It tastes so good
And it's a really nice way to spend the evening together
If you want to give it a go
You can get my comic book from cakeswithfaces.co.uk
It comes with a rolling mat & chopsticks
Now back to the video
Got to have edamame!
Something's missing if I don't have them
Here's my kappamaki
Can't go wrong with kappamaki
This is 3 types of tuna
It ranges in quality really
So there's some fatty tuna which is more expensive
Going down to the cheaper one
And that's some more yellowtail
Because it's quite cheap
And I really like it
They're quite big bits of fish aren't they
They are
Like I said before
They don't care so much about the presentation
You can see this one's split
But it is also extremely thick
When you compare that to anything you get in the UK
It's quite incredible
So let's take a look through the menu
At the top we've got "Event"
A lot of the salmon seems to be in there at the moment
Sometimes these things are organised a bit strangely
But all the salmon's in there
We've got the standard nigiri
Nigiri arrangement
Not sure what that is...
I think that's nigiri that's got either cheese on top of it
Or something else
Rather than just simple toppings
It tends to be something that's been grilled or cooked
Or perhaps not just fish on rice
Limited event
A couple more special ones in there
Battleship: that's the gunkan rolls
And makimono
Which are single filling rolls
That's where I found my kappamaki
Original sushi
I guess is their original inventions
Only one screen of that
Noodles and soup
Miso soup
Side dishes
There's a couple of things: oysters, fired potatoes, clams
That's where you'll find things like chips & edamame
Very important: edamame!
Takoyaki
Didn't notice that before!
We've got soft drinks
Alcoholic drinks
These are lunch specials
Which aren't on at the moment
And there's a few desserts as well
We've got a taiyaki
A matcha ice cream
Some other ice creams there as well
The prices are on the table here
So they're between 128 yen a plate
And 650 yen per plate
That's exclusing tax
So tax would be a little bit more
Most of the ones we've had have been yellow, green and red
Which are the 3 cheapest ones
I have had one that's been slightly more
That was the 3 types of tuna
And that was 488 yen
Now we've found where the salmon is on the menu
Phil's got some aurora salmon
It tastes very different to salmon I've eaten recently
Which is salmon we put on sushi back in the UK
It's got more going on
There's a lot more complexity in that
I dont' know if that's the fatty streaks
Or it's just better quality
It's like there's 3 or 4 different types of fish going on there
It's really nice
Interesting
They do also have this gourmet fatty salmon
But I'm a little bit full
And fatty salmon doesn't sound that appealing at the minute
It's normally really nice
But it's a bit much sometimes
When you're done
Press the checkout button on the screen
They bring you your bill
Then you go up to the till to pay
I'm always way in front of you
That's alright!
The bill was 2686 yen
Which is...
A bit less than £20?
I haven't really done the conversions yet
Obviously when you come to a conveyor belt sushi place
It's pretty cheap sushi
So it's not the highest quality
But we've always noticed at all the ones we've been to
The quality's better than a lot of sushi you get in the UK
Like at Yo Sushi and things
So even if it's not as good as you can get in Japan
It's still better than most of the sushi we're used to having
There's a good place for cheap sushi
We just wanted a quick lunch
Where we went in there
Got some food, came out
If you've got dietary requirements
Like yours, like being vegetarian
Just being able to order off a menu
Is really really convenient
Without having to bother the chef and try to communicate
It's easy for us to go to as foreigners
It's not the best sushi
Not by quite a long way
But it's still very very good
It's good, it's cheap & it's fun
There were lots of kids in there with their families
Obviously, it's a fun place for kids to go as well
If you want to come to Japan
You should probably try a proper sushi place where you sit down & have it
But definitely come to one of these as well
Because you'll get so much for your money
And it's just nice quality food
Even though it's cheap sushi
The cuts of fish might not be the best
But they're still thick, they've still got a lot of flavour
They've got a really good choice
And all those things you don't have in the UK
So tell me what you think in the comments
And I'll be back next week
I'll see you on Thursday