First, the definition "Fusion" can be misinterpreted as fusion between two different ethnic ingredients mixed together to create some palatable dishes. However, in the case of Fusion Sushi - Ranchlands (owned and operated by Thai), only means two different ethnic dishes and by no means both Japanese and Thai ingredients are actually "mixed" or of "fusion varieties" If you are going there with the former, you will be very very disappointed and highly DO NOT recommend. If you are still thinking of Thai or Japanese foods as a separate dishes, please read on...
This was my first time going to this restaurant, with both me and 3 of my friends went for a lunch, all you can eat, when we went in, the place was about half filled, a waitress (Michelle) greeted us and we sat in the booth and ordered the following with review rating:
1 = Horrible, 2 = Bad, 3 = Fair, 4 = Good, 5 = Very Good, 6 = Perfect:
1) We ordered Green tea (which was not technically green tea, when I looked at it carefully it was actually a lukewarm water, I then asked one of the waiter and told him about it and couple minutes later, he gave us, not green tea but a "Genmai-cha", which isn't a green tea).
The genmai-cha taste was very saturated, mostly attributed to it being sitting in the pot for many hours, without replacing with the new one. My speculation perhaps is that staff did not understand what "green tea" means and so I did not bother since they do not serve green tea in the Thai culture. Although they still charged us for the teas and did not apologise. Rating: 1
2) Tempura (yam) - only contained 2 pieces
Rating: 2. Taste on the "koromo" (tempura batter) is soggy and greasy, my first impression was that they did not change the cooking oil as often,definitely was not fresh, moreover the yam itself was still not fully cooked. Could not believe contained only 2 pieces of thinly sliced yam.
3) Spring roll - only contained 2 pieces
Rating: 2. Too greasy to our tastes, maybe good for others, but we certainly did not find spring roll to be that good and also it did not contain much meat inside, felt like I was eating a crust.
4) Avocado Roll (4 pieces)
Review: 3. The rice was little bit soggy, but fair for all you can eat lunch, the avocado was not that fresh as the flesh turned brown on certain section (Minor part). The amount of rice vinegar is also fair. Although traditionally in Japan, they put more rice vinegar to make rice taste a bit more sour which complements well with raw fish, except octopus.
5) Nigiri sushi (6 pieces)
Review: 1. The reason why I put down 1 is because the the rice was still warm !!!
Big offence to a Japanese cuisine. Also it hardly had any rice vinegar mixed in it. Very plain and mackerel fish was not fresh and little bit warm as it was sitting on top of the warm rice, partially cooking it. I could not believe it, hence the rating of 1.
6) Pad Thai (half serving size)
Review: 2. The reason why I would come to a Thai restaurant, without a doubt is to try the Pad Thai and I always do every time I visit Thai restaurant. However, pad thai was not good at all, hardly could taste the fish sauce nor tamarind. My impression on the sauce was eating a Heinz tomato ketchup diluted it with water and added some peanuts, sugar and salt. Also No Cilantro was added. I guess this is what you get for all you can eat lunch, definitely not traditional and authentic by any means. to add insult to the injury, the serving portion would not even be good enough for 1 adult. I would be ok for an authentic pad thai with little portion, but it would not be acceptable when they can not deliver either
I was going to review their customer service, but at this point, it is irrelevant.
So Fusion - Sushi (Ranchland) in a nutshell is for those who just go there and fill up the stomach as much as you can before reaching 90 mins (all you can eat time limit) and do NOT bother with the food quality or authenticity of the cuisines.
My sincere recommendation to those who may be thinking about this place for a lunch, is to try restaurant that only specialises in ONE cuisine, whether it be a Japanese or Thai.