Richmond Sushi

Hello again! Today I will be reviewing Richmond Sushi (located at #1488-8388 Capstan Way, just in Union Square behind Canadian Tires)! I ate at this restaurant on August 3rd with Tamato, her brother, and a couple of her friends. We happened to be playing badminton earlier at the Olympic Oval in Richmond and, as we were famished, we decided to eat there on Tamato's recommendation (I checked out dinehere and this seemed to be the best option for the most amount of food to choose from for a not too expensive price with a slightly higher rating). Unfortunately, none of us took pictures (we were all starving) so you will just have to use your imagination (things disappeared off the dishes before I could even whip out my camera.. meaning some of the stuff I did not even get to try when we ordered in the first round!).

We all ordered (regular) all you can eat for our meal. It cost $22 each, but there was a wide variety of food to choose from, so I thought it was pretty fair. The food arrived pretty quickly, so that was another plus.

As you might imagine, we ordered a wide variety of food. One of the first dishes to arrive was the california rolls, which were pretty good. The calamari and chicken teriyaki were excellent, too (the calamari, for me, wasnt as great, it was, for a lack of a better word, bland. I did not eat as much of it as I usually would). I would highly recommend their salmon belly, which was exquisite! There was also dessert, in the form of mango pudding, which, although small, was very good as well.

Of course, there were some foods that were a bit weak. The chicken wings we ordered all came out burned. Also, their chicken karage was a bit dry. Furthermore, the beef short ribs were lacking in flavour (I think Leek is a little biased here as the night before we had just dined at Norboo, and of course when we dine at Norboo's we have to order their beef short ribs).

Aside from those that Leek listed, I also recall ordering quite a few garlic butter mussels (would have tasted better if it was served warmer or hot), steak skewer (first round was great, second round was okay, but also VERY pink in the center), seafood broquette (awful, no taste, no sauce, I have no idea who decided it was worth putting on the menu), salmon tempura (great since the salmon inside was not dried out), chiwuka, bbq halibut (very tasty, but to the point that it was too tasty and we felt like we needed some rice to balance it out), and a bunch more that were more or less the standard we expected (nothing worth shouting about or booing about).

Service itself was okish. We were attended to quickly and were given our orders promptly. However, we were seated at a table which was somewhat small for the size of our party, which became a problem once the food started coming. Also, they gave us the wrong dishes at times, and missed a couple of the dishes completely. Interestingly enough, some of the order forms were missing a few choices, so we had to write in part of the order by hand.

Overall, Richmond Sushi is a pretty nice restaurant to go to if you are starving and have some money to spend. There are some noticeable points that the restaurant could improve upon, but for us (at least), they did not detract from the overall meal. Definitely not bad, but next time, I think I will stick to all you can eat lunch time because it is cheaper, I think with tips and tax, we each paid about $25.

Bakudanyaki Tenku

Heylo everyone! Today, I Leek (and I Tamato in the red fonts) will review this bakudanyaki place (sorry Tamato forgot the name) (Bakudanyaki Tenku). Interestingly enough, it is located virtually in the middle of nowhere - in a parking lot beside a vase place (even weirder) just off some road in Richmond (7100 Elmbridge Way). They are like a block, or so, North of the Richmond Hospital.


On the other hand, they apparently sell their bakudanyakis at the Richmond Night Market, or whatever its called nowadays... (Richmond Summer Market).


Perhaps unsurprisingly, their entire menu consists of, you guessed it, variations of bakudanyaki! I am not really the adventuous type, so I stuck with plain old original. Of course, there are other flavours you can choose from (like curry, chili mayo, wasabi mayo, mustard mayo, and pizza).



It comes as a huge ball in a rather nice-looking (Chinese) take out box. I think it is pretty cute, and simple. It even comes with a napkin and chopstick holder with a little handle to carry it if you decide to wrap it up to eat or finish later on!

However, since it is located in a parking lot, you are pretty much stuck to eating it in the comforts (or discomforts) of your own car. Leek forgot, but they do have a little tent hiked up to fit maybe a couple of people if you really insist on not going back into your car.


The bakudanyaki was quite nice. It was a pretty huge portion - enough to fill me (and I tend to eat a lot!). They certainly didn't go light on the ingredients either; it was filled up with seafood and other stuff....(tamato help me out here...). Cabbage, shrimp, calamari, squid, rice cake, fish cake, and quail egg. I wasn't too fond of the sauce though, and it took some getting used to. The sauce was actually alright for me since I love takoyaki, but I did find that they put a squirt too many of the mayo (I am not a fan of mayo be it Western or Japanese mayo). I actually found the insides of the bakudanyaki to be a little bland, it definitely could have used some more salt or something. Yuckily enough, it is also through this experience that I discovered I do not like the taste of quail eggs. It seems I may be fairly picky when it comes to eating eggs (although I adore chicken eggs, yummy)!


Overall, I recommend trying this place out, if you can find it. Talk about visibility... Well, come on, it is only $5 for a ball about the size of your hands clasped together! And once you google map it, it is fairly simple to find! It is just not very accessible for the two of us since we rarely step into Richmond together and we rely on public transport. On this particular day, my daddy was nice enough to chauffer us around Richmond since I had the day off work! So lucky of us! I had been craving to try one of these since I read about them! Hehehe.


Oh! The guy who served us was nice enough to ask us if we had a stamp card too! According to the stamp card, for every 7 bakudanyakis you buy from them, you get 1 free! Just like those stamp cards you receive from bubble tea places. And I know that we all love free stuff!