Over winter break, Wichita State announced a variety of new restaurants that will be added to the roster of dining options for students. One of those is a replacement for the Rhatigan Student Center’s FujiSan — Sushi Do. 

Sushi Do’s menu is very similar to its predecessor. They serve sushi, hence the name, along with a variety of other foods like poke bowls, gyoza and edamame. Next month, the establishment will also serve ramen, udon and boba. 

As avid consumers of sushi and the like, we decided to try the new restaurant for lunch — anything to keep from going back to Chick-fil-A again. 

Sushi

We ordered the cream cheese roll, which has cream cheese, cucumber and imitation crab. It was $7.99, and we were able to use dining dollars for the purchase. 

It was… okay. 

There was no problem downing three of the rolls, but they were nothing mind-blowing. The cucumber was nice and crunchy, but that was the best part. The rest was bland.  

Maybe it was our choice of roll — lacking avocado or real fish. 

The prices were average, and the variety was nice, even offering platters of different types of sushi. It would be difficult to justify spending more of the coveted dining dollars on something easily purchased from Dillon’s of the same, if not better quality.

Compared to the previous restaurant, the roll we got Sushi Do lacked sushi toppings, which may have contributed to the blandness. Most of the rolls at FujiSan had seasonings added on top, which bolstered the flavors that were present.

Hot items

We also ordered the chicken teriyaki bowl for $8.99 and the fried dumpling bowl for $10.99. The chicken teriyaki comes with chicken, rice, cucumber and your choice of teriyaki sauce, spicy mayo or a combination of both. We got the combination of both for the chicken teriyaki bowl and the spicy mayo for the dumpling bowl which is the same, with dumplings in place of the chicken.

The best part of the bowl was the sauce. They added flavor, and the heat from the spicy mayo added a nice kick to contrast with the cool cucumber. And the cucumber did taste good. The biggest gripe with the vegetable was the unevenness of the slices, making it hard to create a balanced bite. 

But overall, the chicken was bland without the sauce to back it up, and the rice was just… well, rice. It would be nice if there were a fried rice option for those who don’t like white rice, or want a more flavorful choice. The dumplings were pretty good, but like the chicken, lacked seasoning and needed the sauce to add the flavor.

Drinks 

Sushi Do at the moment offers Ramune sodas and fountain drinks, but later plans to expand to include boba. At its opening, FujiSan offered boba, and so we are curious to see how the flavors of the two match up.  

 It was nothing special, but it was a filling meal for the price. Overall, we would return, but be prepared to ask for sauce. If that’s for you, then you’re in luck. Compared to FujiSan it is lackluster, and wasn’t the greatest replacement option, but it’s here now and is an okay alternative if you’re still looking for sushi.