Yo!

‘Is it your first time?’

V and I smile a little nervously, as our server introduces himself as Richard, and explains very patiently how things work. Apparently we can order from the menu for hot food, or select from the conveyor belt. Very helpfully there are pictures of all the dishes, and the dishes are colour coded according to price. There’s fresh still or sparkling water from a little tap set into the table, and a dish of pickled ginger to cleanse the palate.

It’s all initially a bit overwhelming, for we are in Yo! Sushi for the first time, (it’s actually in Fenwick’s Food Hall). I’ve never really fancied sushi before, all those clumps of rice with little bits of fish, wrapped in seaweed, but these dishes look rather nice.

We select a couple of hot dishes, and then decide to take one each off the conveyor belt. V’s crayfish salad is relatively straight forward. I have decided, however, that I’d like the little veggie parcels that have just gone past, and it takes a while for them to come round again. As I’m not known for my patience, I almost give up and choose something else, but I do decide to wait.

Richard, who, according to his name badge, is now Rachel, returns with one of the hot dishes, and asks how we are getting on. The food is delicious, but it’s also a fun experience, so it’s getting the thumbs up from us.

We decide that this is our ‘starter’ for dinner. It turns out later that it’s a good job we had it, as it takes the best part of an hour to cross the Tyne Bridge, park, walk back over the Millennium Bridge (don’t ask, it seemed like the best idea at the time!) and find the restaurant that we’ve chosen. But find it we do, and have a delicious curry to finish off the day.