Restaurant Review: Fuji Japanese Grill & Sushi

One of the best parts about where we live in town is the abundance of restaurant choices. We've got locally owned favorites, fast food, and sit down chains all within easy travel distances for when we want to splurge a little bit. One spot we've been meaning to try for almost a year is Fuji Grill. It's a locally owned little shop that does a ton of different Japanese foods. They had originally been a sushi spot, but closed the fall for a couple months to re-tune to focus on ramen. 

We decided to pick up a to go order. The wait was fairly short, about 20 minutes for a rather large order (I've mentioned before my wife's live of appetizers).  The short delay helped secure in my mind we were getting a pretty fresh meal. They have an online ordering system as well, but the ramen dishes weren't active for ordering. 

Our appetizers consisted of the Crunch Spicy Crab roll sushi (5 pieces) and an order of gyoza (also 5 pieces).  The crab roll was good, with an orange spicy sauce that had just a good zing to it. My wife loved the gyoza. She's always makes sure we order some of available, and she loved the sweetness of the dipping sauce. I would heartily recommend either for folks. 

Gyoza

Crunchy Crab

The two ramen orders we got were the Miso and the Hell Ramen. I am a sucker for anything spicy so I had to get the Hell Ramen. For ramen to be really good, both the noodles and broth have to hit all the right notes. Fujis Hell broth was well flavored with a heat that quietly built the more you ate. The hard boiled egg and pork loin, although a little small, were both very well prepared and added a nice bite to the soup.  The pork especially was tender and had a little crisp edge to it.   The noodles were however just ok. Not overly flavorful and they remained a bit tough even after sitting in the broth for awhile. My wife's Miso had a lot of good elements, but also had an exceptionally smoky flavor that at first was good, but by the end permeated the whole dish. 

A good amount of Broth

Ramen with all the toppings in it

For dessert we got a set of fried donuts, which were well prepared and were tasty. I wish I would have thought to melt some chocolate (or for Fuji to provide some) because it would have taken this to another level.

10 Donuts

Overall the meal was very good. The ramen is well priced I think for both the quality and quantity. I don't think we would order the Miso again though due to the odd smoky flavor. We will definitely be adding Fuji to our list of places to visit again.