I was in Leeds thinking about dinner, I passed the YO! branch in Leeds Trinity shopping centre. By the way when did YO! Sushi become just plain old YO!
Usually I don’t go to YO! as it can become quite an expensive meal, but I was a little surprised to see on their menu the prices were (in my t mind) significantly cheaper than I remembered.
Their green plates were £1.95 and the blue ones were £2.95. Comparing the menu to the Bristol Cribbs branch I saw that the green plates were £3.50 but had more sushi. So I wasn’t misremembering, the prices in Leeds were cheaper. However, in the end I didn’t have small plates, I went with their bento box. These are only available at the following restaurants: Ashford, Belfast, Cheltenham, Exeter, Glasgow Braehead, Guildford & Leeds Trinity.
There are four to choose from and they cost from £9.95 to £17.95 and upgrades are available.
I went with the O! (meaning happiness) box and for £13.95 you got three small plates of sushi and a katsu curry bowl. From my seat I could see they were making my sushi fresh to order.
The sushi were crunchy cali roll, salmon maki with Sakura daikon radish, and smoky mayo popcorn shrimp.
The shrimp had a nice crispy batter and the salmon maki were good. The crunchy cali rolls were my favourite and very tasty.
I went with the crispy katsu prawn bowl, which was authentic Japanese katsu on steamed rice with tonkatsu sauce and YO! smoky mayonnaise.
I got two large crispy coated prawns and a side of slaw which I wasn’t expecting. It was a very tasty bowl, though I found it challenging to eat with chopsticks so I went with a spoon instead.
I really enjoyed my bento box and I thought (for YO!) was really good value, with a five pound saving on buying the dishes individually from the main menu.
