The stylish place offers indoor and outdoor seating and is open for lunch and dinner. It also claims to have combined their food with Sake and beer directly from Japan and offers its own genuine Bao in two flavors. On a walk through Stockholm, we stopped there for some quick pre dinner snack.

Quick Sushi Bites

As we were just stopping for a light snack before heading back to Gamla Stan for a later dinner, we ordered on of the many sushi plates on the menu. It came with suzuki (sea bass), maguro (tuna back), ebi (shrimp) and sake (salmon) nigiri. The salmon pieces also came with some black caviar on top. Then there were some sake (salmon) uramaki (inside out roll) with a spicy chilli topping, some wakame as well as wasabi and gari (pickled ginger).

All in all the plate was ok, but nothing special. The salmon was very good, had nice texture and sublime taste. It was also well balanced with the caviar. The shrimp and sea bass were not convincing and especially the tuna was very disappointing. The inside out roll was not well balanced. The avocado taste dominated the salmon and also the child topping overshadowed the otherwise nice salmon.

Sushi Guide Verdict

Pong is a nice and stylish restaurant, just around the corner from Stureplan. It interior is most compelling and might compensate for the rather average sushi menu if you are out for simple snack and drinks. The food quality is not outstanding, but ok for simple sushi dished. The drink menu is extensive and might be suitable for afterwork or cocktail hours rather then a sushi dining experience. The service team was detached and not very forthcoming, which did not add to the experience during our visit. Even though the restaurant looked very appealing, we might choose another option next time around.

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Review date: August 7, 2020

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Sashimi and Nigiri Dinner

This time I started out with an 1o piece moriawase sashimi platter with hon maguro (bluefin tuna), bincho maguro (white tuna), hamachi (yellowtail), susuki (sea bass) and king sake (king salmon). As always the taste and texture of the fish was breathtaking.

As I was sitting at the sushi bar, I decided to go with the sushi bar exclusives and opted for a 7 piece omakase nigiri menu. It starte out with umi masu (ocean trout with shiso leaf), toro (bluefin fatty tuna belly) with white sturgeon roe and katsuo (lightly cherrywood smoked bonito). After that it went on with kamasu (barracuda), zuke chu toro (red wine cured bluefin medium fatty tuna), a kusshi oyster and one amazing piece of wagyu (grade a5 Japanese beef striploin). To finish the meal I chose one final piece of shirayaki (grilled freshwater eel) as an alternative to my usual choice of unagi.

Sushi Guide Verdict

As many times before, this dinner was an amazing culinary experience. With seats directly at the sushi bar I could watch the sushi chef’s prepare the fish and could enjoy the select items of the sushi bar exclusive menu. The atmosphere at Sushi Ran is alway very cozy and welcoming, making me feel at home. The menu options are extensive and the quality and taste of the food was outstanding, above and beyond to be precise. The drink menu offered a wide selection of wine and sake and as usual the staff was extremely friendly and heartwarming.

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Average

 

Review date: October 11, 2015

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