A nice Japanese restaurant in Hasselt

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Esaki Sushi is a Japanese restaurant with 4 branches in Belgium: Antwerp, Hasselt, Genk and Tongeren. Although the name of the restaurant sounds like it only serves sushi, when you look at the sign in front of the restaurant, it says Sushi Wok and Grill, so you know that the food here is quite diverse.

For this meal, we stopped by the Esaki branch in Hasselt. The restaurant is large and decorated in a Japanese-Chinese style. The interior is a contemporary international atmosphere, but there are Japanese characters all over the place. The restaurant is spacious, dimly lit, and looks a bit luxurious, but not quite fine dining.

The most popular menu item here that people often order is the sushi set served on a large boat. The portions are satisfying. But we happened to see a 4-course set menu on the menu for a good price of 40 euros per person, so we ordered 2 sets to try.

➡️ Soup - You can choose between miso soup and noodles. The miso soup tastes normal, but the noodles have a very delicious soup with a rich flavor and a fragrant sesame oil aroma. I like it.

➡️ Fried Shrimp - It's breaded and fried shrimp. Served hot and crispy, using frozen shrimp, but still enjoyable to eat.

➡️ Teriyaki - You can choose the meat you want. We chose salmon and duck. The salmon was really good, cooked just right, soft and juicy. The duck was very soft, but the skin was thick and a bit fatty. The teriyaki sauce here has a mild taste. The stir-fried vegetables in the same hot pan were stir-fried with quite a lot of oil, which diluted the taste of the sauce. In this course, you can choose to eat it with rice or noodles, but the rice you get is not Japanese rice.

➡️ Ice cream - You can choose to have plain ice cream with chocolate sauce or fried ice cream. The fried ice cream here is coated in thick breadcrumbs and fried, not using tempura batter like we are used to. It tastes a bit strange. The vanilla ice cream inside is really good. There are fresh fruits on the plate, which helps to add freshness.

📌 Address: Maastrichterstraat 98, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium

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Post by FoodTrip4Fun | Apr 18, 2025