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rgrlingRichmond , BCSince May 4, 20111 Review
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Asahi-Ya1230 Robson Street, Vancouver
Stay away, it's a rip-off
Submitted Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 10:48pm [Dine in]

Terrible value for the food that was served. Here's a breakdown of our order:

- Asahi beer: Fine. $10.75 for a large bottle (500 ml)

- Salmon and tuna sashimi: Three pieces of salmon and only two pieces of tuna for $9. All-you-can-eat quality.

- Negitoro cone: Decent, had filling all the way to the bottom of the cone.

- Chopped scallop cone: Had a large piece of avocado in it so they could skimp on the amount of scallop. The menu did not mention any avocado, and it did not enhance the taste of the cone in any way.

- Miso Black Cod: Two small slabs for $10. Definitely not worth it.

- Prawn and Yam tempura: Prawns were skinny and short. Yams were the yellow/cheap kind, not the orange or purple type. Batter was too greasy and thick. Disappointing.

- Asahi Nigiri Sushi Special: This one really annoyed me. They have a regular assorted nigiri platter that's cheaper with a decent selection of nigiri sushi. The server said that the special platter would have the chef's selection for the day, and for $18, I thought it would contain some rarer items not available on the regular platter. But nope, it just had half of the regular selection with four pieces of BC roll tacked on. Seriously, a ROLL on a NIGIRI platter! The sushi rice grains were hard and fell apart as soon as you pick the sushi up with the chopsticks. Very poor.

The final bill was $80. For that price, I could have had much better sushi with with better ambiance. I can appreciate that the owners and staff work hard and their young kids were still hanging around after 10pm, but the food is simply overpriced and lacking in quality. They have permanently lost our business.

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