Category: Sushi

  • Truffle Gohan Omakase at Shunji Japanese Cuisine

    Truffle Gohan Omakase at Shunji Japanese Cuisine

    My favorite restaurant in Los Angeles, Shunji Japanese Cuisine, is once again ranked in the top ten of LA Times’ restaurant critic Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants list for the third straight year.  It’s been a while since I’ve written up a meal at Shunji, I believe the last one was for our salmon-centric birthday […]

  • Sushi Tsujita Serving Lunch 7 Days a Week

    Sushi Tsujita Serving Lunch 7 Days a Week

    It has been nearly a half-year since my dinner omakase at Sushi Tsujita.  I haven’t been back for dinner since, but I have returned several times for lunch, where they have an assortment of chirashi/sashimi/donburi, raw fish and other ingredients, served on top of sushi rice. Special for lunch, they have $15 Chirashi Bowl that includes […]

  • Sushi Tsujita Dinner Omakase

    Sushi Tsujita Dinner Omakase

    Sushi Tsujita 2006 Sawtelle Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90025 310-231-1177 http://tsujita-la.com/sushi-tsujita/ — Sushi has never been more ubiquitous in Los Angeles.  A quick Yelp search, limiting the query just to sushi bars in the “Sawtelle” neighborhood (defined generously as the area bounded by Wilshire/National to the north and south, and Sepulveda/Centinela to the east and […]

  • Sushi Tsujita: A Conversation with Kenta Ikehata

    Sushi Tsujita: A Conversation with Kenta Ikehata

    Update:  My dinner omakase at Sushi Tsujita review is up! — As I drive into Little Osaka, I spy the long lines outside both Tsujita L.A. Artisan Noodle and Tsujita Annex, across from each other on Sawtelle Boulevard. Mid-afternoon. In the summer heat. Those hoping that the crowds will be thinned, or at least redistributed, […]

  • Shunji Salmon Birthdays

    Shunji Salmon Birthdays

    When my wife and I were trying to decide where to celebrate our birthdays last month, it wasn’t really a matter of choosing a spot.  We both pretty much had the same place in mind:  Shunji!  We wanted a special meal, befitting a birthday celebration (or two), but money’s been tight lately.  We couldn’t splurge […]