The hill hates sushi, and is proud of it.

I went to meet Zita and talk about the article, and ask her if she was in the new sushi restaurant in Žvėrynas. I say no, it wasn’t. That said, it’s great there, and the Japanese-themed cold beets are quite a space. Maybe he didn’t mention the space, Kelmickaitė doesn’t speak like that, but he said he liked it very much.

And there was no restaurant whose name made it easier to dictate the headline. The restaurant is called I hate sushi, which in English means I hate sushi, and that English word “hate” is not as scary as it sounds in Lithuanian. When a person says “hate,” it usually means that they just don’t like or dislike something, not that it shakes off all the anger. Here is the end of this week’s English lesson. Very well thought out name. You cannot make fun of anything that is more ironic than anyone who makes fun of you.

But I have to talk about English, and on the positive side. You already know that I adore the names of restaurants in English (because English is our second state, because of my efforts, because it is my second native), I glorify and promote the use of that language, because Lithuania’s path towards culture and civilization it can pass through another The absorption of culture and civilization in oneself.

It may not be popular, but have I ever had cheap popularity? My everything is expensive, and popularity too. That’s right, I wanted to say that I am fascinated by the menu of this restaurant, which is only in English (maybe there is also Lithuanian, but I did not realize, I think maybe there is some angry monolingual official, although for whom this officer is a expensive Japanese-Lithuanian restaurant, where she does not understand or like dishes). And there, on the menu, there is good English.

If you want to ask me, what to do for those who don’t speak English? You need to learn. Science always illuminates the world with a brighter light. Or choose other restaurants.

Another thing that touched my heart: The restaurant has sparkling sake, rice wine, which is my friend’s favorite drink she tamed when we lived in Canada, and you’ve probably heard of those who follow her Instagram movies, especially Of California. (I don’t understand why everyone is so sensitive when you say that I like the United States more than Lithuania, but all the content about the United States and about the United States is the most interesting for the Lithuanian public, what do you like?) Due to the laws Lithuanian, I will not say the brand of the drink or its taste, but it is only the first place that I have found in Lithuania where you can find this brand of Japanese popular culture.

The restaurant itself adheres to traditional Japanese shapes and flavors in some places, and in some places it boldly shakes them up with the Lithuanians, and they still get it all.

The only thing that needs to be fixed is the service, I will say immediately: one of the waiters who attended us was not rude or slow, he just knew absolutely nothing (he had to ask everything in the kitchen) and he was interested in nothing more than the ability to selling no language could go there. The waiter in an expensive restaurant is not a carrier of kitchen dishes, but a front-line salesperson. Must be able to interest, sell and explain. The waiters’ job was an unloved duty. I will say it strictly: I have not accepted such indifference in the mall, the post office or the ITS offices.

Now about the food: the food was good, excellent or fantastic, depending on the dish.

Summer rolls (summer rolls) with an octopus, € 5.50, was clear (sometimes such that the rice paper breaks like a shirt that is too tight for a man who does not want to admit that he needs another garment), light, refreshing.

Smoked eel shashi (€ 13) was, like all eels on the plates, Lithuanian, and differed from Japanese unagi in a completely different smoothness, when Japanese is stronger, and this was smooth as fluff: it reminded me of the eels that were eaten in childhood in Palanga and Nida, which they seldom bought because they cost so dearly, twenty-five rubles, a quarter of the average monthly salary of the average person for an eel. I have not yet seen that a Lithuanian product reaches the Japanese theme so well.

I was very happy and surprised by the sushi and the nigiri (where a piece of rice is covered with a piece of fish) and here the topping is correct, Japanese, not as beggaring as in cross-linked sushi, where a piece of rice doesn’t even is covered by saving) and gunkans (vertical, seafood), and a roll cut into eight parts. The latter cost 12 euros and was called What a strange world (What a strange world). There was wagyu meat, excellent, very intramuscular fat, decorated with marble stripes, even in the photo, fried tempura shrimp and chopped halapa peppers over sushi (which the Lithuanians call jalapenas, and must say “halapynjo” in English). Fantastically well.

Japanese-style cold borscht (called Awkward rose – “strange pink soup” (this is what foreigners call cold Lithuanian borscht) was interestingly served with fried onion chips, the eggs were very chopped and other cold borscht flavored with wasabi, green Japanese horseradish, fortified with mustard and green tea powder. Cold borscht costs indecently cheap, just four euros.

We still had to try the ramen soup: the broth is excellent, but we would have preferred one that is incredibly thick, where there are a dozen or several dozen hours of pork (tonkotsu) that we often eat with ourselves in Los Angeles, the egg was perfectly cooked (see photo), and the ramen noodles were mediocre, unimpressive. But the soup (6.50 EUR) made us happy and we will have it again next time.

The main courses (buttery octopus, € 17.50, and waguy steak, also called steak, € 28) were adequate but excessive; It seems to me that they overload the menu. When a person goes to a sushi restaurant, naturally they shouldn’t expect steaks, and if there is someone who guesses the steaks, then maybe they should be thrown out of there with a damp cloth, yelling and cursing, rather than enjoying them. When a restaurant tries to do everything for everyone, you can quickly get to the volleyball spots where there are pizzas, zeppelins and kibinas, and steaks and pigeons. The two sauces served only in the octopus, refreshing white, similar to Indian “raita” and sweet brown, were fantastic when we mixed them together, it was truly a wonderful combination. Give it a try.

We paid two hundred euros, as if we had specifically tried to apply that amount, and we left ten euros in tips.

We ate very well Fantastic. Unreal. Despite all the comments, this is a great restaurant, which stands up quickly enough and works professionally and interestingly. Without it Vilnius would be a more boring place. Therefore, five geese out of five.

I hate sushi, Vytauto st. 35 years, Vilnius. Tel: +370 630 74777. Facebook profile: here.

Monday to Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Thursday and Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., Saturdays from noon to 11:00 p.m., Sundays from noon to 10:00 p.m.