Category: Sushi

  • Kiriko:  A Photographic Retrospective

    Kiriko: A Photographic Retrospective

    [I know I promised a review of my winter lunch omakase at Kiriko to follow my Winter Omakase at Shunji and Winter Omakase Counter at Sushi Taro, but I decided to try something a little different…] This week marks a year since I first walked into Kiriko (linked to Facebook since owner Ken-san updates that […]

  • Winter Omakase Counter at Sushi Taro (Washington, D.C.)

    Winter Omakase Counter at Sushi Taro (Washington, D.C.)

    [This is the second review in my “Three Winter Omakase” series.  Winter Omakase at Shunji was the first.  Winter Lunch Omakase at Kiriko will be the third.] I had to travel to the Washington, D.C. area last month for work, I knew I wanted to try the best sushi that D.C. had to offer, to […]

  • Winter Omakase at Shunji

    Winter Omakase at Shunji

    [This is the first review in my “Three Winter Omakase” series. Winter Omakase Counter at Sushi Taro is the second. Winter Lunch Omakase at Kiriko will be the third.] Last month I returned to Shunji Nakao’s eponymous Japanese restaurant on Pico near Bundy for another amazing omakase experience.  I consider my first omakase there last […]

  • Full Omakase for Lunch at Kiriko

    Full Omakase for Lunch at Kiriko

    This being my first review of Kiriko Sushi on this blog, I’ll just start by saying that is my favorite sushi restaurant for lunch.  Their three hand roll lunch set is a great deal at $14.50, and comes with miso soup, salad, and a choice of three hand rolls.  You can even select one of […]

  • Yojisan’s dineLA Lunch

    Yojisan’s dineLA Lunch

    Earlier this week, I tried dineLA‘s lunch menu for Yojisan in Beverly Hills, chef Yoji Tajima and chef/restaurateur Giacomino Drago’s second joint venture after SHU in Bel Air.  The prix fixe lunch is $25 and does include a dessert course, something which many of the dineLA restaurants have dropped from their lunch menus. I got […]