I don’t often find myself in the Euston area for food however tonight Sandra and I made a visit to the little (and by little I mean tiny!) Sushi of Shiori on the advice of Laney who had positively gushed about her experience there. She was also backed up by the numerous positive reviews online so we were very much looking forward to our visit.

Sushi of Shiori reminds me so much of my time in Japan where you would stumble upon little treasures of dining places. Intimate, cute, often family-run and welcoming. At Sushi of Shiori there are a total of seven seats! with three facing the chef and four facing out onto the street. The menu is varied and it seems the vast majority of diners will pre-order an omakase (tasting menu) which start at £30 per person but how high you go is up to you and they will tailor your sushi accordingly to your price. Selections of sushi cover the usual suspects of ngiri, sashimi, maki etc.. The specialty is their canapé sushi or temari sushi (available on pre-order only.)

We decided to try out these little balls of fun and then ordered further items off the a la carte menu. The temari were pretty incredible and looked so pretty. We were handed this brush for application of our soy sauce – I guess too often people drown their sushi in the stuff, but also dipping the rice into the soy effectively works to separate all the rice bits so you end up with your sushi disintegrating. Our a la carte dishes came after and then a further round was required as we were still not full! This was the only thing that surprised me about Sushi of Shiori – we left, if not feeling hungry, less full than we normally do after a meal of sushi. That could be because we are just greedy. Heh heh. We roughly spent £35 each which included green tea but no alcohol.

The little Japanese woman who serves your food is so cute and so Japanese. I rather loved this. Japanese people are just so polite and sweet.

I’d definitely like to come back to sample the omakase … especially if its finished off with black sesame ice cream.