With all the professional work I’ve been doing on McDonald’s recently (it’s complicated), it’s interesting to visit the McDonald’s of sushi. I don’t say that lightly – Kurazushi has something like 250 stores, including 10 in the US (all California except Plano, which is good if we ever have to move to Dallas because the […]
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Misakiko Sushi, Meguro (海鮮三崎港目黒店)
So I had lunch here today. The less said, the better. I don’t even want to tell you about the advances in kaiten technology since I last went to a kaiten. We’re done here. Use this link and I’ll never talk to you again. 03(3442)3266 In other news, Meguro has lots of nightlife attractions.
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Bikkuri Sushi, Shin Yurigaoka (びっくり寿司 新百合ケ丘店)
I’ll just get this joke out of the way up front: “This place is surprisingly good!” Did you get that? Didja? Huh? This particular branch in Shinyuri is a funny one of the 12 in the chain because it closes earliest (10:30, not 4 AM like many of them) and it offers delivery. It also […]
Narita sushi, Monzen Nakacho (すし 成田)
A couple years ago, this place Sushi Yata popped up south of the river in Monnaka. I went there and got really excited, because I thought it was reasonably-priced, sorta creative, and really delicious. Over time, I came to feel like the master was weird, uncomfortably so, and that he had a solid habit of […]
Yoshiki Sushi, Nihonbashi
Yoooooosh (iki). As of today, I no longer lunch in Greater Otemachi. I trust that the 453 entries for Otemachi, Marunouchi, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, and Kanda will tide you over if you need ideas for lunch or dinner. But for now, let’s party! Several weeks ago, Shaft and I entered into a long process of negotiation that […]
Janoichi sushi, Nihonbashi (日本橋 蛇の市本店)
Back in Tokyo as of today, eating lunch in the greater Otemachi area. You know that expression in English, ‘In a pig’s eye’? Well, there’s no corresponding expression in Japanese involving snake eyes. But there do seem to be some places called ‘snake-eye sushi’. This isn’t one of them – it’s ‘snake market sushi’. What […]
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Karaku sushi, Ginza (鮨 からく)
It was raining this morning, which is an appropriately depressing way to come back to work after a great weekend in Kyoto, and it popped into my head that rainy days are good to pop down to Ginza for lunch. This isn’t strictly true, and it wasn’t even raining by the time I got there, […]
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Suzuki Sushi, Hongo (鮨すず木)
Down near the end of Hongo Ginza, past the fancy cured-meat purveyors and extremely hearty ramen dispensatories, a quiet little house with a fading noren waits. With bamboo. And the sign says ‘sushi’, but there’s no menu. The ‘design aesthetic’, such as it is, is the timeless one that pervades Japanese restaurants of a certain […]
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Dai San Harumi Sushi, Shinbashi (第三春美鮨)
First sentences of reviews of top sushi places should include the words ‘hidden’ or ‘unassuming’ (or if you’re an American writer, please use the phrase ‘sushi joint’. And if you’re reviewing Kyubei, please include “more money than sense” also.). Look, I worked them in! Dai San Harumi is fairly described as a top place with […]
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Sasazushi, Kanda (笹寿司)
Sasazushi is constant. Sasazushi doesn’t change. This is the first thing they say on the web site, which is pretty funny when you consider that the history page features a detailed explanation of all the various sushi carts and locations on both sides of the river that went into the lineage of the present-day Kanda […]