Sushi Daiwa Tsukiji Market Tsukiji Market is a must-see destination for any true food lover. A true food lover is someone whose passion for food doesn’t just begin and end with consumption, but encompasses a desire to know how the food, we know and love, comes to be. Tsukiji Market is such a place to…
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Kani Doraku
Kani Doraku Multiple locations throughout Tokyo & Japan Kani Doraku was a place recommended to me for its fantastic crab. After some research, I concluded “Well, it’s just crab. How good could it be?” It didn’t help that every restaurant in the chain can be identified by the giant eyesore of an electronic crab stuck to the…
Maisen Tonkatsu
Maisen Tonkatsu Multiple locations throughout Tokyo A morning stroll through Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, was a beautiful way to pass the time in between breakfast and lunch. We saw many gorgeous cherry blossom trees and the crowds weren’t too bad. From there, we headed over to the Omotesando area of Shibuya. It is sometimes referred to as the…
Gontran Cherrier
Gontran Cherrier Multiple locations throughout Tokyo Due to my nemesis aka jet lag, I slept through two whole meals after arriving in Tokyo. Missing meals and waking up at 3am feeling hungry was definitely an unexpected setback for the food filled adventure I had planned. But no matter, I just hit up Google, Trip Advisor,…
Ramen Yamadaya
Ramen Yamadaya 3118 W 182nd St. Torrance, CA 90504 Yelp I tried Ramen Yamadaya once before at its Costa Mesa location and was sorely disappointed in the days-old tasting chashu. That part of the ramen was so offensive that it overshadowed anything else good about the bowl of noodles that night. Being the open minded…
MF Sushi
MF Sushi 1401 Binz St. Houston, TX 77004 Yelp Houston’s best upscale Japanese fusion/sushi restaurant is without a doubt Uchi. Uchi is probably more successful with its Japanese fusion dishes than its classic sushi. Now there is MF Sushi here to fill that void. The restaurant is strikingly modern, elegant, and unarguably beautiful. The sushi bar is…
O Ya
O Ya 9 E St Pl Boston, MA 02111 YelpI didn’t know much about the Boston dining scene, so I let The Annoyer pick this place. Of course it’s sushi because there’s nothing The Annoyer loves more than thinly sliced raw fish. I did some research and found that my trusty Boston blogger, Tiny Urban…
Koiso Sushi
The one restaurant that has eluded The Annoyer during the previous 4 times he visited Maui is Koiso Sushi. It’s one sushi chef manning an 11 seat sushi bar and one 4 top table. It’s sort of like your neighborhood sushi joint, but you can’t just walk in any ole time you please and expect…
Sushi Zo
Sushi Zo 9824 National Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90034 sushizo.us Yelp Boy have I been wanting to try out Sushi Zo for a long time. It has been on my radar ever since I started to appreciate really high quality sushi, and when I became willing to drop a couple hundies on one meal. Sushi…
Totoraku
Totoraku 10610 Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90064 Yelp I previously blogged about Totoraku, or what I referred to as the “secret beef restaurant.” Well if you look on Yelp, Totoraku isn’t much of a secret to the 209 Yelpers who posted the mostly 5 star reviews. But the policy still remains. You cannot eat…
Uchi
Uchi 904 Westheimer Rd. Houston, TX 77006 uchirestaurants.com Yelp Bair Hugger Deluxe made sure Uchi was the first dinner I had in Houston. I guess it’s a big deal here. It is in Austin, where it was first opened up by Chef Tyson Cole. He won Best Chef Southwest in 2011. Uchi and its sister…
Hakata Ikkousha
I think it’s safe to say Costa Mesa is up there with Torrance and Little Tokyo as ramen house hotbeds. Santouka, Kitakata, Ramen Yamadaya are at the top. I’ll throw Shin Sen Gumi in there, but it’s technically in Fountain Valley. Now Hakata Ikkousha can be added to that list. But at a starting price…
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