Aya

DrIndy

Aya has great food - went there for sushi last night and between me and classmate, we ate all the salmon soshumi and wontons on the conveyor bel!

The time previous we also got all-you-can-eat and I was barely able to walk out of the place. Didn't eat lunch the next day either!

snorlax

yeh but dodgy fish can really muck up your stomach.

fried plaice/ cod with a bit of milk, sauted in butter with some leaks and seasoning ..now that's class

Ron DMC

mmmm, all you can eat.

DrIndy

not all you can eat, all you can eat sushi! Our fare yesterday was modest, only about 30 plates, this was different from when we finished off 45 between us and could barely walk!

John

snorlax wrote:

yeh but dodgy fish can really muck up your stomach.

Yes but it's sushi grade raw fish. It's not the same as you'd buy in a shop. Fish is graded with the very best stuff for cooking going to a restaurant or traditional fishmongers. All the rest goes to shops, food processing plants and supermarkets. Because of what sushi is, a sushi restaurant is always careful about where it gets the fish from and how fresh it is. What you get in a sushi restaurant or decent fishmongers is a far cry from the pathetic, limp stuff you'd pick up in a supermarket or poorer quality restaurant. Fish is best served as rare as possible. And another tip, if you go into a shop and the smell of fish is strong, walk back out and buy somewhere else. The fish should not smell strong as it should be fresh and kept as cold as possible.

whyamihere?

if you go between 10.30 and 11 (or something like that) any night, its all plates for 1.25euro, even the black ones! aya sushi is good for dublin sushi standards (if there is such a thing) but japanese people would be like :eek: .

John

Has anyone tried that Japanese place with the karaoke booths on Exchequer St.?

xeduCat

No. Do you do karaoke?

Agent Smith

man we should have a boards night out there....

In IRL

DrIndy you make yourself sound like you work there or something

The karaoke place is pretty decent, kinda expensive I found....(student talking)

John

It's expensive as far as I know. And yes I do karaoke. We did a DURNS karaoke night and because no one would get up all night I had to keep getting up and inflicting my horrible singing voice on everyone. In related news, tonight I was in a cabaret show

regi

John2 wrote:

Has anyone tried that Japanese place with the karaoke booths on Exchequer St.?

It does a really tasty winter curry, but not tried the karaoke.

Anyone make their sushi?

ApeXaviour

Regi wrote:

Anyone make their sushi?

I make norimaki from time to time. Usually make a balls of it, but am getting better.

Nietzschean

John2 wrote:

Has anyone tried that Japanese place with the karaoke booths on Exchequer St.?

yep was there for me bro's bday a while back, ****ing deadly nite tbh. Food was good and the karaoke was a great laugh...staggering around town sing'n after till 5am [at which point i couldn't talk anymore]

John

I'm thinking heading there for my birthday which coincidentally is the anniversary of the Pearl Harbour attack so what better place to be than in a Japanese restaurant? That's right, in an American bar with a little Japanese flag.

Nietzschean

haha we'll i'd certainly recommend it, few racks of saki and everyones in fine sing'n form

John

I'm going to that Japanese place tomorrow night for birthday dinner with the girlfriend. Unfortunately I don't think it'll end up in karaoke but fingers crossed I get to stretch my singing muscles!

HomesickAlien

how is saki anyway? i've never tried it, despite all the sushi i eat...

Nietzschean

the karaoke was very popular n hadda be booked last time i was there...


personally i didn't like the saki but the after dinner wine was loverly...

John

It's strong. It's great after a meal, really clears your mouth (but not your head).

Crash

Actually that place serves Soju as well, as its as much a korean restaurant as anything, if its the one i'm thinking of.

ApeXaviour

HomesickAlien wrote:

how is saki anyway?

Saki yeast is probably the best yeast you can get for making (pre-distilled) poteen . Very high alcohol tolerance, and very good at chewing up the potatoe starch.