Sushi at Sevruga | Cape Town Daily Photo

Sevruga (map) is one of the pristine restaurants of the V&A Waterfront. Their steak is good, their fish is great, and the sushi, well, darn near perfect. Visiting isn't exactly a cheap outing, so when our impromptu sushi club caught wind of the half-price sushi afternoons (14h00 to 17h00), it was a no-brainer - Sevruga would be the venue to host our next meet-up.

The restaurant certainly didn't disappoint... as I'm guessing you can see from the photo above. :) And, just before you think I made an absolute pig of myself - this was the plate that Kerry-Anne and I shared. I doubt many would actually fit this entire plate of sushi in for dinner!

12 thoughts on “Sushi at Sevruga”

Helen

Tuesday, 9 February, 2010 at 22:33

Wow, that looks delicious. Good to know about the special – must go try it!

Nicola

Tuesday, 9 February, 2010 at 23:35

Wow that sure is a great looking sushi platter and very appetising too.

Val Palk

Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 at 09:22

That’s a goodlooking plate and thanks for the tip. Please tell me salmon roses can be ordered as part of the platter?

Paul

Post authorWednesday, 10 February, 2010 at 19:28

Helen – it was delicious. :) If you do go, try to come back to let us know how it was. :)

Paul

Post authorWednesday, 10 February, 2010 at 19:31

Nicola and Val, as I said to Helen, it was great. This “platter” actually wasn’t an official “platter”. Kerry-Anne just selected a few different types of sushi from the menu. And yes Val, Salmon Roses were among the bunch. They’re in the far back left corner. These particular roses were wrapped in cucumber!

yuko

Friday, 12 February, 2010 at 06:10

thats not sushi, thats californian roll, americas hi jacked version of sushi.

Paul

Post authorSaturday, 13 February, 2010 at 10:19

Hi Yuko,

In South Africa we tend to classify anything that looks pretty and is rolled in (or placed on) vinegar rice under the general umbrella of “sushi”. I think most people accept that what Westerners call sushi isn’t traditional Japanese sushi. But, we’re content calling it such, as long as it tastes good. Don’t be offended. ;)

I’m confident that you know, but in case our other readers don’t, here’s an excerpt from the Wikipedia article on the history of sushi:

“The original type of sushi, classified today as nare-sushi, first developed somewhere in Southeast Asia, disseminating to Japan.[1] Fish was salted and wrapped in fermented rice, a traditional lacto-fermented rice dish. Nare-sushi was made of this gutted fish stored in fermented rice for preservation. Nare-sushi was stored for fermentation for a few months then removed. The fermented rice was discarded and fish was the only part consumed. “

Sharon (Phoenix Daily Photo)

Saturday, 13 February, 2010 at 17:58

This looks fantastic. I wish I could taste it.

Paul

Post authorSaturday, 13 February, 2010 at 18:43

Hi Sharon, I would say that I’d pack some in a container and ship it to you, but it just wouldn’t be the same after a trip to Phoenix! Perhaps you’ll visit Cape Town some day? ;)