Mihan 101 (三燔 101) Nigiri Sushi Feast

I'm back from my sabbatical blog leave mainly due to a very bad cold recently and also busy work in office, family, and church. Praise God for giving me enough grace and strength. Thank God also for one week day afternoon when my wife and I spent a day together with our kids at school to finally savor the all-you-can-eat Nigiri Sushi (握壽司) Feast at Mihan 101 (Taipei 101 4F). So feast your eyes on these! : )



Mihan 101 only offers this all-you-can-eat nigiri sushi (hand-formed sushi rice) at their 20-meter long sushi bar and only one time (if I remember right) during lunch hour and dinner hour so reservation is a must. Once the long sushi bar is filled, you either have to go back for dinner or next day. It was a weekday when we went that day (with reservation to make sure) and we were the first customers to arrive. : )


Love the beautiful plate presentation and and lighted bar table.


The nigiri selection includes but is not limited to: mahi mahi, sea bass, sailfish, yellowtail, ebi, squid, salmon, yellow fin tuna, US prime beef, shrimp egg, snapper, skipjack tuna, and maguro. All in all, I counted 20 kinds of nigiri sushi. You will be asked by the sushi chef if there is any item on the list that you don't like. If you like them all or want to try them all, then they will serve you first with all of these 20 nagiri sushi as your first round of meal. After that, you can tell your serving chef what you like to eat more and he will make them for you. You will also be served with Japanese-style salad, fish seaweed soup, mineoka tofu and green tea red bean ice cream for dessert.


We started off with this Japanese-style salad... which you want to finish really quick. The moment you sat on your chair at the sushi bar, you like to get started with the main sushi dishes right away. : )


Our good-looking sushi chef... careful with the blow torch, young man. : )


Our first set of nigiri sushi are these fabulous 8 fresh fish and seafood nagiri sushi consisting of maguro tuna, sailfish, squid, amaebi sweet shrimp, salmon, hamachi (yellow tail), sea bass, and... well, I'm only guessing their names as I am not a sushi expert... anyway, they're all fresh and colorful, so let the feast begin! : )


Delicious hot fish soup with seaweed and ginger.... I'm glad it was not miso soup. This clear sweet tasting fish broth is just the right soup after our first plate of nagiri sushi.


Very nice texture and flavor...


Next comes the torched (微炙) sushi set... Cobia (海鱺), US beef, and Unagi (eel). So good!


Torched saury (I think) and scallop...


Torched squid and salmon...


Shrimp eggs and Tamago Yaki (egg omelette)....


Some of our repeat orders... we really didn't order too many after our first full set. Maybe just another ten orders. : )




The guy seated next to us who also came with an office lady partner, he was so amazing. He kept asking for the US beef sushi. : )


Time for dessert... White silk soft tofu with black sugar syrup.


We were surprised they also served us the green tea ice cream with read bean toppings. I like this better than the tofu (douhua).


The price for the nigiri sushi feast is NT$680 per pax which I think is acceptable. It is totally a different buffet experience compared to those Japanese buffet like nearby Wasabi restaurant where you have to keep standing up to get your food and usually wonder what to eat after already actually eating a lot. The Nigiri Sushi buffet experience just lets you sit and relax at the cozy sushi bar, chat with a good friend, a relative or your better half, while the sushi chef prepares each delightful nigiri sushi in front of you. Nigiri sushi are naturally low in fat, high in protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. The only thing my wife was worried after we left Mihan 101 is how many equivalent bowl of rice she had taken. : )

Mihan 101 is just one of the many wonderful restaurants at the 4F of Taipei 101. It is located just at the back of Wasabi and Crystal Spoon. You can also try their all-you-can-eat sukiyaki. If you are a sushi lover, then I recommend Mihan 101.




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