See a Fresh Side of Ramen Nagi at Their First-Ever Sushi Restaurant in Makati
There's more to the brand than noodles. (But you can have ramen here, too!)
Nagi Sushi
LG/F The Shops, Ayala Triangle Gardens, Paseo De Roxas, corner Makati Avenue, Makati City
Contact number: (02) 7001-0984
Instagram: www.instagram.com/nagisushiph
Open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday to Sunday
(SPOT.ph) Perfection doesn't happen overnight. It takes years of experience to master a skill, be it as grand as building Rome or creating the perfect bowl of ramen. And while Ramen Nagi has got their own ramen skills down pat, what with the chef's over-more-than-a-decade worth of experience—resulting in bowls of chewy noodles, swimming in comforting broth, and topped with a harmonious medley of aromartics and meats—the ramen restaurant proves that they can apply the same discipline, the same meticulousness, the same attention-to-detail with their new concept restaurant Nagi Sushi.
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Ramen Nagi ventures into the world of fresh seafood with new sushi restaurant, Nagi Sushi:
Not to brag about numbers, but Nagi Sushi's head chef Chef Oshikiri has over three decades of experience in Japanese cuisine, which includes working with sushi. Chef Oshikiri's standards for fresh seafood comes from his experience working at the Tsukiji fish market, which is considered to be the largest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world. So if you're the type to be impressed with a long list of credentials, you can expect nothing short of extraordinary at the first-ever Nagi Sushi in the Philippines.
The restaurant's golden standards for choosing the fish used for their sushi relies on two things: freshness and fat content. And with high-quality fish, the sushi comes into completion with the sushi rice and nori sourced all the way from the differerent prefectures in Japan.
What's on the Nagi Sushi menu:
There are two sushi categories on the Nagi Sushi menu which are nigiri and temaki. For the unititated, nigiri has a simpler approach of combining sushi rice with a slice of, typically, raw fish, while temaki is a hand-rolled sushi that uses a sheet of seaweed like a cone, and wraps it around sushi rice and filling.
Nagi Sushi keeps it simple with their nigiri menu and limits it by using bluefin tuna, unagi, salmon, yellowtail, and bonito. For the bluefin and salmon selection, they have the Chutoro Hon Maguro Nigiri (P280/piece) which uses a fatty bluefin tuna; Aburi Chutori Hon Maguro Nigiri (P280/piece) which uses flame-seared bluefin tuna; Akami Hon Maguro Nigiri (P200/piece) which uses a leaner bluefin tuna; Salmon Nigiri (P180/piece), which tops the rice with raw salmon; Otoro Salmon Nigiri (P200/piece), which uses fatty salmon; and Aburi Otoro Salmon Nigiri (P200/piece), which sears the salmon with flame. The one-offs are the Unagi Nigiri (P180) which uses glazed eel, Waray Aki Katsuo Nigiri (P180/piece) which uses straw-flamed bonito fish, and the Hamachi Nigiri (P200/piece) which uses yellowtail.
As for the Nagi Sushi's temaki selecition, the bluefin tuna-based ones are the Chutori Temaki (P290/piece), Akami Temaki (P220/piece), Torotaku Temaki (P290/piece), Toronegi Temaki (P290/piece), and Tokro Ikura Temaki (P320); meanwhile, the salmon temaki choices are the Salmon Temaki (P190/piece) Salmon Ikura Temaki (P220/piece), Otoro Salmon Temaki (P220), Otoro Salmon Kura Temaki (P250/piece), Aburi Otoro Salmon Temaki (P220), and the Aburi Otoro Salmon Kura Temaki (P250). Lastly, the temaki menu includes Warayaki Katsuo Temaki (P190) which uses the straw-flamed bonito fish; Hamashi Temaki (P220/piece) which uses yellowtail; and Unagi Temaki (P190) which uses eel.
Nagi Sushi also includes the Ramen Nagi menu, from the bowls of Butao King (P430), Black King (P495), Red King (P495), and Green King (P495), and the more special, premium Wonder Kakuni King (P580) and Niboshi King (P650). The usual Ramen Nagi bestellers, namely the Chicken Karaage (P250/three-piece, P360/six-piece), Gyoza (P160/three-piece, P250/six-piece), Edame (P190), and Chashu Rice (P250) are also present on the Nagi Sushi menu.
What to try at Nagi Sushi
Out of all the Nagi Sushi items, you can have the best of both worlds—of both Ramen Nagi and Nagi Sushi, with the restaurant's premium sets that have a bit of everything. In our book, Nagi Sushi's set meals are the most reasonably priced as compared to buying all the items ala carte.
Nagi Sushi's Set 1 has five kinds of nigiri, namely the Chutori Nigiri, Akami Nigiri, Salmon Nigiri, Hamachi Nichiri, and Katsuo Nigiri. Set 1 has a "Sushi Only" option priced at P780, but if you're really hungry, consider upgrading it to include a serving of the Butao King ramen for P1,080 all in all.
Set 2 (P880/sushi Only, P1,180/with Butao King ramen) also has the Chutoro Nigiri, Akami Nigiri, and Salmon Nigiri, but adds a Katsuo-Don (a small cup with rice and fish), and Torotaku Temaki. As for Set 3 (P1,280/Sushi Only, P1,580/with Butao King ramen), has the same items with Set 2 but with an added Unagi Nigiri and Katsuo Nigiri.
Here's a closer look at Nagi Sushi at The Shops, Ayala Triangle:
The first Nagi Sushi is located inside The Shops, the beautiful, hidden gem located at Ayala Triangle, Makati City. The restaurant is closest to the mall's entrance, right beside Starbucks.
If you're not planning to dine in with a large group, the best spot to grab a chair is at the sushi counter, found on the right side of the restaurant. It’s a whole experience, seeing the sushi being prepared before it makes a 10/10 landing into your mouth.
But hey, if you're not too keen on seeing the actual process of slicing the fish, you can always take the regular seats. Nagi Sushi has a fair amount of wooden tables with cushioned benches and chairs.
Ramen Nagi has made waves with their core ramen bowls, and continues to keep everyone on their toes with the introduction of their extra creative, limited edition ramen flavors. Now they're showing a fresh side to them, and making a new statement—that there's more to them than just the world of noodles. As one of the Metro's established ramen shop opens its first-ever sushi concept, venturing into the world of fresh seafood, we cannot wait for what's next.
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