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Sushi Hon opened two years ago as a sushi restaurant offering what was considered then a value omakase menu, or chef’s tasting menu, for only $65.
At the time, $65 for omakase was indeed a good deal, considering the popular trend of Japanese sushi chef’s menu in town were going for upwards of $100 or […]
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KYOTO, Japan
It’s obvious that you can get good sushi in Japan, and the experience can range from elite tiny counter sushi bars requiring months-in-advance reservations to standing sushi shops where you eat in standing-room only situations.
My sister and I love raw fish, so we had no problems eating night after night of […]
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FUKUOKA, Japan
During my Japan vacation, I made my way to Fukuoka because in researching cities to visit, this large city on the island of Kyushu was touted as the place to discover and eat all sorts of food.
Fukuoka is actually a combination of the old castle town of Fukuoka and the city […]
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TOKYO
For the longest time, Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji Fish Market drew tourists far and wide to watch the live auction of fresh fish that’s shipped all over the world. Being a lover of food, I always dreamed of one day visiting the temple of quality seafood.
Then last year Tsukiji closed and re-opened in […]
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VANCOUVER, B.C.
Because of the Asian influences and close proximity to the water, one would think Vancouver has some of the best sushi in North America. But when I once mentioned that to a Japanese chef who moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from Vancouver, he made a look like that wasn’t always […]
There’s no dearth of sushi restaurants in San Francisco, and lately there’s been a number of high-end spots focused on offering omakase, or a chef’s choice on the menu.
One of those places is Ju-Ni, a tiny neighborhood restaurant in the Divisadero corridor that only seats 12. When it first opened a year ago, it […]
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The San Francisco Bay Area is in the midst of a sushi boom with Japanese restaurants opening up and serving the chef’s choice tasting menu known as omakase.
The latest, highly anticipated opening is the two-week-old Robin, which opened under the hype of offering contemporary, seasonal California-focused omakase in one of those new slick buildings popping up […]
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High-end omakase menus continue to trend in the San Francisco Bay Area, and this past weekend I checked out the latest entry from noted Chef Masa Sasaki (Maruya) and his self-named Sasaki on the edge of the city’s Mission neighborhood.
The unassuming corner spot (across the street of the popular Flour + Water) telegraphs the […]
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The story: Ijji Sushi opened earlier this year on Divisadero near Haight as a nigiri-only sushi spot, helmed by chefs/co-owners Billy Kong (formerly Saru Sushi) and Kua Catuang (formerly Seiya). This month, the tiny San Francisco restaurant (17 seats) switched to an omakase-only menu, providing a prix fixe 19-course tasting (five starters and about 13 […]
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Believe it or not, I still have things to say about my eating vacation to New York last month.
Admittedly, I couldn’t go to half the places on my wish list for this city. But I covered a lot of ground in the nine days in Manhattan (with a few diversions to Brooklyn and Queens), […]
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Omakase, the Japanese approach to dining at sushi restaurants where the selection is left up to the chef, seems to be all the rage these days when it comes to sushi dinners. Japanese restaurants like Ju-Ni and, of course, Omakase, are popping up serving omakase-only menus.
The latest is a quaint, […]
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif.
Last week I got back from my first trip to Palm Springs where I was searching for some spring warmth in the dead of winter. While I wasn’t so successful in the temperature department (laying out at the pool in 60 degree weather did remind me of home though), I was […]
The story: This unmarked, tiny Japanese sushi restaurant on the edge of San Francisco’s Financial District and Chinatown has been opened for about 20 years. But about six years ago the family’s son, Ray Lee, bought out his parents and took control, bringing in a new chef to man the sushi counter.
Why I went: I […]
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The story: Wako is a cozy yet modern-looking sushi restaurant in the inner Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco, less than two years old but already getting buzz among locals for its pristine and elegant dishes from Chef-Owner Tamoharu Nakamura.
Why I went: I love sushi, and I had read about the restaurant’s omakase (chef’s choice) dinner […]
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