Sushi Recs

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kaneyoshi

Sushi Kaneyoshi - Little Tokyo

after drooling over their takeout sushi for almost a year, sushi kaneyoshi is finally open for dine-in and it was hands down one of my top meals in over a year and my favorite sushi-ya in la. the entire meal was you’re-going-to-let-the-cat-out-shut-the-front-door stupid good. heart-emoji, blush-emoji, heart-emoji. this meal was like the sushi equivalent of a hayato-like transportation to japan. can we give the bat signal for an entire restaurant? they’re currently doing one 7pm seating a ni…

morihiro

Morihiro - Atwater Village

after stints at shiki and inn ann, chef mori is back behind the counter with his own restaurant inside of a narrow space next to viet noodle bar in atwater village. after a year of takeout and outdoor dining, it was a pleasure chatting with mori-san and eating sushi at a counter again. added bonus, met a fellow ftcer there too, it was great chatting with you. highlights udo simmered in soy daikon wrapped mackerel shrimp, kumquat nodogoro kuruma ebi tempura maguro kamasu aji kinmedai …

inaba

Sushi I-NABA (Manhattan Beach) - OOE Omakase

I’ve been to i-naba over a dozen times and had no clue they also had a tiny six-seat omakase-only sushi-ya in manhattan beach. They started as a lunch only place and about a year ago added reservation-only dinner service for up to six guests (good candidate for an FTC buyout). The space has no gas line, no bathroom, and no liquor license, however you can bring your own “beverage”. Sushi i-naba is run by chef yasu-san who’s doing some legit aging. He gets most of his fish, killed using ike ji…