Sushi Wadatsumi - Hong Kong

Excellent work by Chef Kin. We loved the Imamate and sushi set were all prepared and explained well. The ambience was good that we enjoyed the small and peaceful restaurant ambience.

Excellent sushi table. Very good basics (toro, squid and especially rolls) and extremely efficient, maybe a bit too quick! A bit less impressive was the eel (too hot) and the rundown mall location with its ambient noise and horrific washrooms.

The chef gets all the details right. Choices of fish is remarkably good. If you like high standard sushi in a casual and relaxing setting, this is the place for you. Lunch set is a good bargain and good as an entry point. The place is usually not fully packed, but given the small number of seats I recommend you to book ahead.

After 2.5 months of booking and waiting, we finally can try out Sushi Wadatsumi’s first outpost in Hong Kong, which was also granted the Michelin gong, awarded one star for 4 consecutive years. The set we picked features 3 appetizers 12 sushi 1 sushi roll miso soup and a dessert. We’re served by Sushi Chef Lo today. Pre meal: We started out with some crab meat steamed egg, flavorful and warms us up. Appetizer: 1️⃣ We got served some smoked skipjack tuna, as you can see the meat is very fresh and even slightly transparent, jelly like. The spring onion on top did bring out the flavor. 2️⃣ Squid with roe with perilla flowers on top we’re all blown away by how flavorful the flowers are and they compliment the squid and roe. Squid was not chewy at all, very tender but not that sweet. 3️⃣ Hokkaido eel fried with a super crunchy skin The meat itself is so fatty and the ginger on the side helps cleanse your palette while keeping the dish balanced Sushi 1️⃣ The Japanese parrotfish sushi was very light and doesn’t leave a big impression to me 2️⃣ Red snapper sushi was fattier than the parrotfish despite giving off similar flavors, and very fresh 3️⃣ Sawara Japanese Spanish mackerel was smoked with straw grass, hence it gives off a slight wheaty flavor at the very end, mixing with the meaty flavours 4️⃣ Amaebi sushi was also very fatty and sweet, and the meat was not old 5️⃣ The first of the two Tuna sushi is from Wakayama, with the leaner cut it taste more of the fish meat and sourness that usually comes with tuna 6️⃣ Second of the Tuna sushi is from Hokkaido, with the middle part of the fish, it is much fattier and soft. But I have to say this is not the best Toro I’ve ever had. 7️⃣ Japanese Jack Mackerel was well balanced with the spring onions, giving off a refreshing twist. 8️⃣ Interesting tasting of the Kohada sushi, marinated with vinegar and paired with perilla leaves. The additional strength and flavor was certainly memorable. 9️⃣Our first time trying Hotate sushi where the scallop meat is half cooked with the soy sauce marination, giving off a perfect texture between the raw chewiness and the drier, harder texture. Hokkaido sea urchin was not as sweet as I thought, but certainly fresh and brings me a mouthful of flavors straight from the ocean. And, the seaweed was extra crunchy! 1️⃣ Next we got to try Hokkigai sushi was fresh and crispy! It was really interesting that Chef Lo has to smack the Hokkigai with his fingers right before serving to tighten up the muscles, hence creating a more condensed texture. 2️⃣ Last, we closed with a fatty Anago eel sushi. The highlight was definitely when Chef added on the citrus skin, which gives an aromatic flavor to the whole sushi and closes on a high note! Tuna Sushi Roll: Topped with sesame, it tasted flavorful and well balanced. Miso Soup: Chef said that the soup was mixed with 4 different type of Miso, along with kelp added in to create a rich soup that gives off a sweeter taste rather than salty. Very pleasant indeed! Dessert 1️⃣ Chef served us 2 pieces of Tamago, but the texture was premixed with shrimps and somehow it tastes a bit sweet like pudding! It is definitely a special treat from Wadatsumi that I’ve never tried anywhere else. 2️⃣ Finally, we really ended the meal with a Matcha Ice cream. Not super flavorful but also nothing to complain about! Overall: All the dishes and sushi were all in good quality and fresh. Nothing stood out like a sour thumb, but at the same time, nothing blew our mind like never before! We must say that the service level was very nice, not too pushy nor was it too cold. I find it as a balanced, harmonizing and comforting treat for myself.

At this price point we had much higher expectations. the variety of sashimi was particularly disappointing