Mount Fuji Asian Bistro
Earlier this week, Seth and I went out with his parents for a celebratory dinner at Mount Fuji Asian Bistro (I’ll explain the cause for celebration in a future post). I had visited Mount Fuji many times in college, mostly on Thursday nights when they offer half price sushi. I was excited to visit again after several years, as my diet has changed quite a bit since then—I now love seafood and eggs, while back then I was eating a vegan-ish diet.

To start out the evening, we ordered champagne and a few sushi rolls. Both the California roll and the vegetable roll were quite tasty and very fresh—the vegetables had a nice snap to them. Does anyone know what those orange “sprinkles” are called on the California roll? They didn’t taste like anything, but they sure do add a little pop to the presentation.![]()
We chose pretty simple rolls, but Mount Fuji has a pretty excellent selection of specialty rolls too.
For my entree, I ordered the Udon Noodle Bowl, which is described as
“rice noodles served in a classic Japanese soy-base soup, served with shrimp tempura, chicken or shrimp, garnished with fish cake, green onion and sunny side up egg.”
I ordered mine with plain shrimp. Here’s how it look when it arrived:
For some reason, I always get udon and soba noodles mixed up. So I was a little surprised to see these kind of noodles when the dish arrived. I really prefer the nutty flavor of the buckwheat-based soba noodles, but the udon was perfect for this soup. (If you get confused about the different types of noodles too, I recommend this article).
The broth was just salty enough, striking a nice balance between being too bland and tasting like a bowl full of soy sauce.
I had never tried a deep-fried egg before, and it wasn’t anything that I would seek out again. A plain ol’ sunny-side up egg would have been good!
I also would like to see this dish have more vegetables. Maybe some carrot strips or snow peas?
Overall, this dish was a good choice though!
We were all stuffed after our meals, so we skipped dessert. Many thanks to Bob and Marcy for treating us to this wonderful dinner!
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