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GOING CRAZY FOR GENKI SUSHI<br />
The first time I had sushi was almost a decade ago. It was home-made, and my cousin was experimenting on a recipe<br />
for California Maki.<br />
Since I never tried sushi before but heard so much about it from TV and animes, I had little to no expectation that<br />
time. Yet, I was excited because I could finally put my then fresh chopsticks skills to good use.<br />
The first bite was heaven. Definitely gochisoosama.<br />
We weren’t Japanese or anything, but my cousin was someone<br />
who knew how to cook. That first experience has become my<br />
standard. If another sushi brought me to a higher heaven than<br />
the sushi my cousin made, then it’s quality sushi for me.<br />
I’ve only come across a few ones that surpassed my cousin’s.<br />
One of that is Genki Sushi.<br />
GENKI MEANS FULL OF SPIRIT<br />
Everything I ordered crushed my standard in so many ways I<br />
almost choked. You have to see their menu to realize they have<br />
one of the most varied assortment of sushi I’ve ever laid eyes<br />
upon. And that’s saying something! I’ve only tried a quarter of<br />
what they offer.<br />
Because fish is a good source of concentrated Omega-3 fatty<br />
acids, sushi is certainly a healthy meal. It doesn’t have added<br />
fat and has low calories, has protein, good for blood circulation,<br />
and can also be antibacterial (because of wasabi and<br />
ginger).<br />
Plus, sushi tastes really good. Fight me!!!<br />
O GENKI DESU KA? HAI.<br />
More than the name, Genki Sushi offers an entire course of<br />
meals. Of course, their staple are Maki Mono sushi. But they<br />
also have appetizers, sashimi, side orders, rice meals and noodles<br />
(ramen!!!), and even desserts.<br />
They have the common Nigiri (hand-formed rice ball with a<br />
slice of typically raw fish fingers on top) sushi; Temaki (coneshaped<br />
seaweed/nori sheet with fish and rolled rice) sushi;<br />
Gunkan (oval rice balls wrapped with a nori sheet and varied<br />
toppings) sushi; and Aburi (Nigiri but a flame-seared fish finger<br />
topping) sushi.<br />
They even offer some Japanese-Filipino fusion of flavor to add<br />
something familiar but also new to our taste buds — minced<br />
seafood, minced pork, and tuna adobo.<br />
STAY HAPPY AND GENKI<br />
You’d definitely smile the entire time you’re eating. Because I<br />
honestly did.<br />
Maybe because I was having fun watching my friends eating<br />
with chopsticks, or because I knew how crazily affordable<br />
their food are, or because I was amazed by the restaurant’s<br />
automated Kousoku Express Train System in delivering food to<br />
the table.<br />
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