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Popular in Japan, revolving sushi restaurants serve individual plates via a conveyor belt that runs along every table. When you see something tasty, you just pick it up, and servers tally the bill by the number of plates you take. Think of Kawa Revolving Sushi’s selection as a small plates menu. You only get a few pieces of sushi per dish, so you can try three or four options rather than committing to a single roll. Don’t worry if you don’t recognize your favorite kinds of sushi on sight; signs label each approaching section so you know exactly what you’re grabbing.
Kawa’s expanded menu also arrives in style. Individual touch screens offer drinks, hot entrées, desserts, and an advanced sushi selection. A second level above the conveyor belt runs personal delivery trains with orders direct from the kitchen. Drinks come with a smile from the restaurant’s robotic server, and all your condiments and utensils wait in bulk at each seat.
PHOTOGRAPH BY CATHERINE VIOX
If you want to order something that isn’t off the belt, the tonkotsu pork ramen (grilled pork, soft-boiled egg, mushroom, corn, green onion, and seaweed in pork bone broth) makes a great lunch. Rich with umami, the opaque broth hides a well of tender noodles. The pork is tender, the corn and onions add texture, the mushroom provides a subtle, savory layer, and the soft-boiled egg is always the best bite.
Kawa Revolving Sushi, 11381 Montgomery Rd., Symmes Twp., (513) 818-8338
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