Closing Time

Last week, I learned that one of my favorite restaurants in Newtown, Asia Pacific, has closed.  I had gone there to eat dinner with my family only to find scaffolding inside and a sign out front reading “Fusion 2.0, coming soon”.  Now, not only did I feel this restaurant had some of the best sushi to offer in Fairfield County, but I also felt that they served some of the best Asian fusion around.  It was the very first place that I ordered a three course meal because I couldn’t decide what to get! Their kani salad was always presented beautifully in a large, Asian bowl, while their pan fried dumplings, as well as the sauce they came with, were to die for.  I had had the Teriyaki chicken once, and that too was delicious.  The sauce was light and sweet, and the chicken and vegetables blended together perfectly. However, my favorite dish there had to be the butterfly sushi roll.  It was a California style roll, topped with some sort of battered fish and filled to the brim with avocado, eel, tuna, and cucumbers.  It was topped with some sort of eel sauce, as well as a spicy mustard based sauce, and the contradicting flavors always turned out wonderful.  The presentation was astonishing too, since their sushi chef never presented it the same way.  Sometimes he drew a giant butterfly on the plate out of eel sauce, and sometimes he arranged the rolls in a circle with eel sauce hearts around the outside. It was honestly never the same, and it amazed me every time!  It’s a shame they’ve gone out of business, and I’ll definitely miss their food.  Hopefully Fusion 2.0 will be able to either meet or beat my expectations!

 Frankie B