Sushi King, set up by Sandeep and Deepa Bansal, in Gurgaon has a menu with unusual offerings like barbequed eel, peppered chicken, bacon with cheese and salamis. “Many think sushi is just about raw fish. We wanted to introduce its less popular variants,” says Deepa.

An assorted selection of 24 pieces costs Rs 699 at least, while a party platter of 60 pieces comes for Rs 2,499. Some rolls on the menu are surely tweaked for the Indian palate, but there are many that will give you the original sushi experience. While the Yori package, costing Rs 1,399, has 40 pieces, including four pieces of barbequed eel, two nigiris of shrimp and sweet egg, and pork and chicken salami; the vegetarian Geisha package for Rs 399 has 16 pieces, including California uramaki (rice rolled around seaweed and a filling of avocado or cucumber, or mushroom). All these come with portions of Miso soup. “We had initially planned a 90-cover Japanese restaurant but since that project was taking time, we thought of starting this takeaway service,” says Sandeep, who adds that most of the fish are flown in from Japan and that salmon is Norwegian. Only tuna comes from Kochi. Sushi seems to be on a roll here, with the Bansals ready to cater at parties and weddings. “We’d be catering lunch for a Japanese delegation in Noida and our sushi counter will be stationed at a wedding reception in Kanpur this week,” adds Sandeep.