Xinyi District, Taipei City｜南方漁場

Really thick cuts of fresh sashimi, really great value. Popular amongst locals except to wait during lunch hours. Miso soup was also very flavorful. Tea, cutlery and napkins are self served

南方漁場⠀ Japanese Seafood Donburi Restaurant⠀ ⠀ Locates in between Taipei City Hall and Yongchun MRT station, this small and humble restaurant offers really fresh seafood donburi selection. With very simple menu, the ingredient used is definitely going to blow your mind. Operated by only very limited staff, you might need to wait for a short while, as I can see that they’re understaffed and the amount of crowd can be high too. But no worries, it’s really worth it.⠀ ⠀ Ordered 極上海鮮丼 - Supreme Seafood Donburi - Awesomeness plate of seafood paradise in a single bowl. First off, would be the freshness of the ingredient - every seafood that you can see in the bowl is extremely fresh. Second off, the generosity of the cuts, where every single one of them is cut in huge blocks, ensuring that you can definitely have the best value out of it. There’s shrimp, sea urchin, tuna, salmon, fish roe and many more. Definitely a bowl of sea paradises. Each of the meats literally melts in your mouth for every single bite you take on them. Drizzled with a small lime, you can enjoy the freshness together with a small pinch of wasabi provided on the side of the bowl (which I highly recommend to do so whenever you’re taking raw seafood).⠀ ⠀ Ordered 重楃壽司 (花枝/天使紅蝦/鮭魚/鮪魚/旗魚) - 5 pieces nigiri sushi (Cuttlefish, Shrimp, Salmon, Tuna, Sailfish) - Again, what’s most impressive is the freshness, and you’ll notice that they don’t heavily rely on sauces on top of their nigiri sushi (or even the seafood donburi). Perhaps they want to ensure you are able to taste the original taste of the seafood meats, without any sauces spoiling it. That’s perhaps my own personal impression on this. Truly love both dishes, and definitely a restaurant that you would like to try out.⠀ ⠀

This is the review after trying two other Donburi restaurants around the area. The seafood here they used was another level of freshness and quality. Sushi rice is well-favoured. The miso soup is boiled with the head of the prawn served with the rice bowl, it was the best out of its competitors. To sum up, pick this restaurant for Donburi, kaisendon if you feel like one!