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Sushi Sushi - Century Village

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There are a lot of sushi places around town but this one has been around for over 17 years! Yes, really long time. I was invited to try out the sushi from one of the oldest sushi places in town. The ambience of Sushi Sushi has a red theme to it giving a very Asian feel; though the interiors do look old now (duh) and are a tad bit dimly lit. It is located in Century Village which itself is a charm of its own. There are half a dozen restaurants here and you can see trees planted in between them which gives a very pleasant feel. Most of the restaurants have an outdoor smoking zone where they serve shisha, including this one. The place also serves alcohol if you like a drink or two ...or five. They also have the conveyor belt sushi if that's what you prefer. You can also see the chefs making some of the dishes in front of you. They got us a sushi platter so we could taste some of their star dishes. I first tried the crunchy prawn and I really liked the crunch that it...

Yugo Sushi

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There are so many sushi places coming up lately, but what makes this different is that it is a Yugo concept. Yugo in Japanese means Fusion. The food is Japanese and tastes so too, but they've tweaked it a bit, and I was glad to be invited to try it out.  The first item we had was the Yellowtail usuzukuri . Usuzukuri refers to thinly sliced, and the yellowtail was so thinly slice that it was transparent just the way the Japanese do it. It has a slice of jalapeno on top which gives a hint of spice to it. This is made using their zesty in-house sauce and they can do it since it is a Yugo concept. We totally loved this and is certainly worth a try.  Then we had the Salmon Avocado usuzukuri which apparently is one of their hot sellers. Now I'm not all that big a fan of avocado, though I like salmon. This was good, and this too was in their secret sauce. The way it was presented, it looked fantastic. We liked it just a little bit I would say.  We then got a cru...