What Did We Do Before Chucks?

With Sushi One I think it's time to introduce HK's rampant "poor fitting music" disease. In contrast with trendy places in the US, it seems like nearly all restaurants here play music that doesn't really fit their style, if they even try to develop one. Here they softly play top 40 or pop hits on XM, I know it could be worse, but it still bothers me.

This was my third or fourth time to this restaurant now. All three of their locations are essentially the same and feature a conveyor belt and giant, wall-length fish tank. The fish tank and its accompanying wall-length leather sofa are probably the franchise's most defining characteristics. In one of the TST locations they even have a table enclosed in an aviary, which is sexy enough to wonder why Dragon-i didn't think to do the same with their bird cages.

For all the flashiness, I'm actually pretty impressed with the quality of the sushi. The fish is generally pretty fresh and the rice is always well prepared. There are hundreds of middle-range sushi shops in HK, but for the price, this one always seems to be at least a little bit better. I generally don't like the tackiness that comes with conveyor belt sushi shops because of their greenhouse spotlights that make you brighter than the jewelry in Wan Chai windows.

Bottom line: a reliable sushi place for the non-connoisseurs and a sexy enough restaurant to take a date for a quiet bite. Apart from the sometimes random tunes, Sushi One doesn't make most of the tacky ambiance mistakes that other sushi conveyors do.

4 out of 5 possible stars