The Sushi Thread

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I like saké or Champagne. It’s easy to get too complicated for the dish if you get into gewürztraminer etc. Maybe Riesling.

Remember the rice has vinegar on it, another deterrent to getting too ambitious with the wine.

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Ate at Sushi of gari on 46th on friday night. We had the Omakase. All the pieces were spectacular. However, when the waiter put down the past plate and mentioned it as being last, we were both still hungry. $90 per Omakase and still hungry is a bit disappointing.

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I thought I might get an update, since it’s 3 years since the last post.

I need a sushi place on the westside of LA for a Thursday night. Is Mori the best choice (I’ve never been)? (As long as we’re not talking Urasawa, I’m not too interested in price).

PS I like the more traditional stuff.

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It’s very, very hard to beat high-end sushi.

Sawada in Tokyo is perhaps the best meal of my life. (e.g., http://www.chuckeats.com/2009/12/20/sawada-tokyo-there-are-only-two-stars-in-heaven/).

I’ve had nothing in the states that compares, although I’ve had great meals at Yasuda and some of the other NY spots. I also have had excellent meals at Uni in Boston.

In Houston, Uchi and Kata Robata are surprisingly not bad.

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One of our recent Netflix rentals had a trailer for a sushi video – Jiro Dreams of Sushi.

It’s about -probably- the best sushi chef in Japan, who is 85 and trying to pass his business on to his son.

I’m interested in watching it but haven’t gotten to yet.

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I thought it was very good. Highly recommend.

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I hear a good report on this movie but I haven’t seen it myself.

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We are blessed here in Boston to have both o ya and Clio World Class

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A very basic and inexpensive sushi place here is Shikibu. Bring your own wine and glasses and cork screw. Only 6 seats at the bar and 6 seats outside. But the sushi chef really knows what he is doing.

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Miyake in Portland, Maine is the best I have had. I haven’t been to the big name places in bigger cities, but I am told it is just as good for a lot less money. Omakase is the specialty, with 5 courses for $50 (I usually order a little more if I go that route) or 7 courses for $75 (more $ per course because you get more expensive seafood this way). Some of the best meals I have had anywhere have been those 7 course omakases. Part of the fun is that with 5 or 7 courses, we usually get something no one at the table has ever heard of or at least ever eaten. Having been there more than a dozen times, I’m generally surprised that they’re still able to do that for me. It’s a real shame that you can’t bring your own wine anymore, though. They changed locations a little while back and now have a liquor license. [cry.gif]