Sushi is very cheap to make, as are dishes like ramen. So snobbery must play its part. Ultimately though, I think demographics, economics and necessity are the real reasons for the lack of good value Japanese options. There aren’t many restaurants here – so competition is lacking. In addition, even though the Japanese have many restaurants outside of Ireland, they are not traditionally a nation of migrants the way the Chinese or Korean are. So if they leave Japan it is often because they want to rather than need to. And they clearly don’t want to come to Ireland! I wouldn’t either.
So the reason why there’s a snob appeal to Japanese food is that Japanese chefs have played hard to get and refused to come and live in our cold and miserable country? JuniorBox, you have great wisdom.
I had foreseen your japanese inquisitiveness and consulted the rainbow dragon on the mount of pink lillies (not the daughter variety). It is he who has given me the wisdom of the lotus.
Does good Sushi take a long time to prepare? Is it not more profitable to make wok based food, curries or noodles or Burgers? I presume these types of food would be cheaper to make than sushi and you could probably knock them out very quickly meaning one would require less chefs. Add the unconventional cooking skills required and you have a complicated recipe for a food based business.
I am the head buyer for Yamamori and all our team works very hard to deliver good value food. We source our products all around the world.
We import our own wines from several countries and hope to have the best value wine list in Dublin.
Yamamori means “Mountain of food” in Japanese. We serve quite siginificant portions lunch & dinner! Our lunch offers the best value. Friends & family can share dishes like traditional japanese meal.
Sushi King on Lower Baggott street does great take a away sushi but better still they have a hot lunch special take away option for apprx 8 euro. The hot special changes every day and is ideal on a Monday if you are feeling too anti social to go for lunch but seek warm comfort food instead of a sandwhich. On alterate days they have Katsu Curry, Thai Green Curry and other curries. Also if you fancy sushi for tea they often reduce the unsold sushi at the end of the day, I think they close at 5pm.
im a regular here. i usually have duck ramen and sashimi, or yakisoba and gyoza. as much as i love my bannofi pie and tea at the end of my meal, i would really be delighted if they start offering japanese dessert soon.
Thursday 22 January, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Sushi is very cheap to make, as are dishes like ramen. So snobbery must play its part. Ultimately though, I think demographics, economics and necessity are the real reasons for the lack of good value Japanese options. There aren’t many restaurants here – so competition is lacking. In addition, even though the Japanese have many restaurants outside of Ireland, they are not traditionally a nation of migrants the way the Chinese or Korean are. So if they leave Japan it is often because they want to rather than need to. And they clearly don’t want to come to Ireland! I wouldn’t either.
Friday 23 January, 2009 at 12:15 am
So the reason why there’s a snob appeal to Japanese food is that Japanese chefs have played hard to get and refused to come and live in our cold and miserable country? JuniorBox, you have great wisdom.
Friday 23 January, 2009 at 9:11 am
I had foreseen your japanese inquisitiveness and consulted the rainbow dragon on the mount of pink lillies (not the daughter variety). It is he who has given me the wisdom of the lotus.
Tuesday 3 February, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Does good Sushi take a long time to prepare? Is it not more profitable to make wok based food, curries or noodles or Burgers? I presume these types of food would be cheaper to make than sushi and you could probably knock them out very quickly meaning one would require less chefs. Add the unconventional cooking skills required and you have a complicated recipe for a food based business.
( btw Cheapeats rules!)
Tuesday 3 February, 2009 at 8:59 pm
I am the head buyer for Yamamori and all our team works very hard to deliver good value food. We source our products all around the world.
We import our own wines from several countries and hope to have the best value wine list in Dublin.
Yamamori means “Mountain of food” in Japanese. We serve quite siginificant portions lunch & dinner! Our lunch offers the best value. Friends & family can share dishes like traditional japanese meal.
I like to thank people for their feedbacks.
Wednesday 11 February, 2009 at 9:20 am
Sushi King on Lower Baggott street does great take a away sushi but better still they have a hot lunch special take away option for apprx 8 euro. The hot special changes every day and is ideal on a Monday if you are feeling too anti social to go for lunch but seek warm comfort food instead of a sandwhich. On alterate days they have Katsu Curry, Thai Green Curry and other curries. Also if you fancy sushi for tea they often reduce the unsold sushi at the end of the day, I think they close at 5pm.
Monday 3 September, 2012 at 12:32 am
im a regular here. i usually have duck ramen and sashimi, or yakisoba and gyoza. as much as i love my bannofi pie and tea at the end of my meal, i would really be delighted if they start offering japanese dessert soon.