Comments on: Japanese Fusion: Just Say NO.

By: Jase

Jase — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:26:05 +0000

Speaking of fusion restaurants, there’s this French/Italian/Singaporean/Japanese/Indonesian/Thai/blahblah place that’s in my area, in the weirdest location ever, with the weirdest decor ever.

Personally, I like occasionally just looking at reviews of the place: http://www.dinehere.ca/restaurant.asp?r=525

I’ve eaten there a few times, and my experiences were generally good.

But the inconsistency of the place is rather obvious from the reviews, and I love the one on the bottom about a dinner in that high-scaleish-looking place projecting subtitled, soundless anime on a blank wall. xD

By: CJ

CJ — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:39:40 +0000

Ahhhh, it’s the same way in Las Vegas! T_T You have these ads for dumb-looking Japanese fusion eateries everywhere, and all the ads have only one thing in common: scantily-clad Asian waitresses. Doesn’t even mention the food, or the drink (Sake’s kinda trendy these days; why not bring THAT up?) etc etc etc. One place I thought about going to looked really unfriendly, so I ended up not going at all. I hate Sin City now xD;;;

And $23 for four tiny potstickers? That’s worse than the snobby Italian restaurant my parents dragged me to in the Bellagio ToT

By: Hinano

Hinano — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:21:27 +0000

haha whoa whoa comparing this place to cafe zaiya is like comparing Coca Cola to Wine. I don’t know about the cafe zaiya that’s in Kinokuniya, but assuming it has the same prices as the one on 41st street near Book Off (which is the one I go to), their prices aren’t NEARLY as bad and their food is actually GOOD. Their strawberry shortcake is absolutely delicious and I’ve yet to find one somewhere else equally as good.

On the other hand, Koi’s food was unimpressive and overpriced.

By: animemiz

animemiz — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:08:38 +0000

I agree with what Sabrina-Fair said. you purchase for the experience and brand.. not for the taste. That’s like going to Kinokudyia and buying their desert there, they charge an arm an leg, but man is the desert pretty.

I pass by this place frequently whenever I go to Cafe Zaiya or Mid-Manhattan Library. It is across the street from Bryant Park after all.

By: B

Sun, 25 May 2008 06:07:53 +0000

If it doesn’t have Spam, it’s not Hawaiian.

By: Sabrina-Fair

Sabrina-Fair — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:48:53 +0000

I was once told that you’re buying the experience more so than the food at upper-class restaurants. Basically that’s the best profit margin for them.

By: Senna

Senna — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:29:32 +0000

$23 for 4 gyouza?! Wow, that is pretty ridiculous, even if it was “real” Kobe beef

By: Hinano

Hinano — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:18:57 +0000

Nagato> Yea it had some sort of spicy peas or something in it (Capers?) and I had to pick them out to make sure I didn’t eat them. It was from that Hawaiian place, ugh it was sooo nasty lol. ALso this place is located very close to the World Trade Center site.

padfoot> You hit the nail on the head. It LOOKS good tastes the same and costs twice as much!

By: padfoot135

padfoot135 — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:58:03 +0000

well.. restaurant are like this… they take everything outside that normally sells at a certain price.. give it a nice little look and juz double the price… for some stupid reason which is why i never eat at big shiny places like this…

By: Nagato

Nagato — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:54:57 +0000

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/Hinano/Journal/fusionres03.jpg
What a small and unappetizing meal