Review: Beyond Sushi

I’m aware that a 100% plant based sushi restaurant may sounds quite strange and in your mind you are probably just thinking of cucumber and avocado rolls. But hold up because Beyond Sushi is super creative with their rolls, making every bite full of flavour.

My absolute favourite rolls their is the Mighty Mushroom roll, filled with enoki, shiitake, tofu and surrounded by wild rice and alfalfa sprouts. But the main attraction is the sauces that they pair with the rolls. Yes they come with your average smaverage soy sauce but they also come with a super creative dip. For the mushroom roll, I got the truffle and shiitake sauce which blew my socks off. Seriously good stuff.
I’ve also tried the Pickle Me roll which I thought was ok. the mushroom roll really takes the crown for me as its got such well rounded flavour, whereas I thought the roll with the pickles was just a bit sharp and salty overall.

Beyond Sushi also have a plethora of sides that are equally wonderful, such as the dumplings and soups. However, to create a full meal with my sushi (they have great lunch time deals!) I opted for a cold noodle salad. I went for the green tea noodles with cilantro, parsley, seaweed salad (a huge favourite) and crunchy almonds, all drizzled with a ponzu sauce (in my opinion it was much too sweet to be ponzu and was more like a hoisin sauce) and it was delicious! You can never really go wrong with noodles 😉

Beyond Sushi
Website: https://beyondsushinyc.com
Address: Many locations across Manhattan, New York
Tel: +1 646-861-2889

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Easy Sushi Bowl

So the sun finally decided to peep out this weekend which was super lovely and got me back into the mood for healthy yet delicious light lunches!

This is one of my favourites due to the versatility of the dish and how easy it is to make. It’s wonderful like this, with some herbs like cilantro in the mix and grilled vegetables or chicken or prawns would be wonderful too!

Easy Sushi Bowl vegan, gluten free, dairy free
Serves 1

This is a super easy recipe that’s perfect for lunch: just throw together any leftover grains with some veggies and proteins like tofu, chicken or prawns would go perfectly too! Feel free to switch up the ingredients!

Brown rice (substitute with any other rice, quinoa)
Lettuce (substitute with spinach, salad greens)
1/4 cucumber, cubed
A few florets of broccoli, steamed
Dash of tamari (substitute with soy sauce)
1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
Dash of apple cider vinegar (substitute with lime or rice wine vinegar)

optional: toasted sesame oil (for rice), sesame seeds, nori, tofu, chicken, pork, prawns, tuna.

Mix the rice with tamari, ginger and apple cider vinegar and set aside.

Compose your bowl by adding a bed of salad leaves then top with rice and vegetables.

Sprinkle with sesame seeds and also a drizzle of sesame oil.