Koi brings variety of sushi to Hanoi

In addition to a wide selection of sushi hand rolls and maki, Sushi Koi also specialises in grilled food served with a side of soya sauce. Minh Thu reports. “Fish, fish is swimming, mom,” my two-year-old son shouted when we entered Sushi Koi Restaurant. An artificial stream leading to the restaurant houses a hundred koi fish, Japanese brocaded carp, which inspired the restaurant’s name. For my son, what impressed him most was not the food but this fish pond. Located in a small alley, the restaurant offers diners a quiet place to enjoy Japanese food including sushi, sashimi, tempura, hot pot and grills. Like other Japanese restaurants, Sushi Koi’s owner attaches special importance to sushi. Visitors can fill up an empty stomach with different kinds of sushi made from vinegar rice, seaweed and meat, seafood, vegetables or fish. The most popular kind of sushi is maki, which is generally wrapped in nori (seaweed). Maki is usually cut into six or eight pieces, which constitutes a single roll order. The increasing popularity of sushi around the world has resulted in variations typically found in Western countries. For example, Sushi Koi serves California roll (a maki with crab bar, cucumber, avocado and caviar). Temaki (hand roll) is a large cone-shaped piece of nori on the outside with the ingredients spilling out the wide end. As it’s too awkward to pick up with chopsticks, we used our fingers. The restaurant serves temaki with tuna or salmon cut into tiny cubes, crab caviar and… [Read full story]