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Asahi Kaiten Sushibar

Cuisines: Japanese Sushi Neighborhoods: Arlington Ballston
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Based on 1 review.
Address
Ballston Common Mall, 671 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203
Phone (703) 248-0777

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4 spork

Review by shanva on April 25, 2006

The sushi was very good here! It was pretty entertaining to watch the different types of sushi go by on the conveyor belt around the sushi bar. One of the sushi items we ordered was some sort of roll (it looked like a sandwich wrap, also size-wise), and it was placed in this wooden holder with the ginger and wasabi on the side. We didn't really know how to eat it, and we asked the guy to cut it. He cut it in half, but that didn't really solve our problem of how to eat it. We later learned that it was a hand roll - you eat it with your hands. I think I have a little bit more to learn about sushi! He must've thought we were crazy when we asked him to cut it! But the waiters behind the sushi bar were friendly, and they gave us all kinds of free appetizers and dessert with our sushi. The tuna sushi definitely had some wasabi holding that tuna to the rice, little spicey for me (but my boyfriend loved it). We got sake too, but be careful of that stuff. It tastes sweet, but it will hit you later in the evening! Cool place.