Comments on: Sushi Blogging

By: mongai

mongai — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 05:31:10 +0000

Sorry to all for being petty but I have been trying to drag my Nemesis out into the blogosphere. However, he does not seem to want to come out and play. In any case if you are reading this I’ve lost your e-mail and therefore can’t invite you over for a beer. Next time you’re heading for Nanzenji or thereabouts, drop me an E.

By: mongai

mongai — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:13:08 +0000

Not romaji. And certainly not romaji! Romanji. In other words roman script. In other words not Japanese.

By: Taeyoung

Taeyoung — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:54:18 +0000

And Romaji! I was wondering about Omikase myself — was pretty sure it was makase.

By: mongai

mongai — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:13:44 +0000

Not to nitpit further, but one does not spell Japanese. Kanji and kana.

By: texasviolinist

texasviolinist — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 02:25:49 +0000

Just a nit but the correct way to spell chef’s choice is o-makase. It comes from the verb makaseru which means to defer or yield.

By: augolden

augolden — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:06:33 +0000

One day you shouldl try SUSHI SASABUNE in West LA on the corner of Sawtell and Nebraska.

Expensive, Yes. The best, Yes. Still its mellow and unassuming. The owner is the chef. It is only open on weekdays. Weekends are for playing golf.

Trust ME!

By: MeTooThen

MeTooThen — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:55:41 +0000

Roger,

For me, sushi in LA means Katana, on Sunset. Yes, it’s expensive and “beautiful”, but the food there is, I believe, the best in town.

As far Kyoto goes, I was there last April, at the tail end of the cherry blossom festival.

It is a strange and beautiful place.

I had the good fortune of staying in a traditional inn, complete with tatami mats, Japanese baths, and every conceivable way to prepare fish and tofu.

Of all my experiences in Japan, the most powerful was sitting quietly, listening to the wind, bamboo leaves, and rain, in the temple gardens of Konchi-in.

It is in a place like that (and there are many like it in Kyoto) that I began to understand how the Japanese came to be so connected to Japan, it’s land, sea, sky, trees, everything.

Remarkable.

By: Callimachus

Callimachus — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 21:51:29 +0000

This still amazes me. In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where I now live, there are six sushi bars — four of them excellent ones I’d recommend to anyone from anywhere. Here, in a city of 50,000 apple-dumpling-eating Dutchmen and “Witness” extras, we support six full-time Japanese- (or Taiwanese-) staffed unagi dispenseries. Here, where the local cuisine doesn’t just cook vegetables, it dissolves them in water. Here, where a local delicacy is what my wife calls “Fried fried,” we have become sushified. America, what a country!

By: truepeers

truepeers — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 20:37:15 +0000

If you’re ever in Vancouver, Tojo’s on West Broadway is damn good. Some claim it the best this side of Tokyo.

By: Kieran Lyons

Kieran Lyons — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 20:33:00 +0000

Even here in the wilds of Northern California we have heard of, and visited, Kazu Sushi. Absolutely a fantastic place, and suprisingly affordable.

Here’s a small jolt of “small world” eeriness: Sitting here on my desk is a business card for that very restaurant, as I have to make a business trip down there soon and wanted their address handy.

Very creepy, that. You reading minds, Roger?