Sushi One

In a town full of deals, discounts and sales, the best one so far is at Sushi One. After 10 PM on weekdays, all sushi, sashimi and other combinations of seafood and rice is 50% off. So after having slaved away at a 25 page report all weekend, 7 of us headed for food that wasn't delivery pizza, cup noodles or fried rice.

As with all good deals, you want to get there early. By leaving around 8:30, we were standing in front of the restaurant at 21:00 in Mong Kok East. There was already a 12-person queue, so we would be in the first batch. Apparently the restaurant shuts down for all paying guests in the hour before 10 PM, in order to stock up and get ready for the 2 hours of sushi madness between 22:00 and 24:00. So we hung around, killing time by looking at the menu and filling out our order sheet + drinks (also half price for mocktails!). By 21:45, they let us in, took our orders, and the sushi started arriving before 22:00.

The deal is you have 1½ hours to stay, so to make sure you get enough, you often have to order up front what you want. Seeing as this was only my second time there, and with some of the girls pro sushi diners, I left ordering up to them. I contributed by stating that Kirin beer would be my preferred beverage, as well as remarking that plain salmon slices would be too boring. So when the flood-wave of sushi hit our table, I wasn't quite prepared. Apparently they had rationed 15-20 pieces for each person, seeing as 5 out of 7 were girls, but there must have been way more. I must have had at least 30-35 pieces, but after an hour there were still 29 pieces remaining. It seemed a waste to leave such good food, but I was done.

After paying my share of 190 HKD and crawling out of the restaurant, we took the MTR back to University. But with the last bus back to I-house gone, we took a cab instead of the 20 minute walk, as nobody could bear the thought of physical exercise after that much food. Great social evening, but taking gluttony to a whole new level.