One of my favorite Japanese restaurants in SF. I first went about a year ago (read the original review
here) and ordered a la carte. Armed with an appetite and a different camera (can't believe I once lived in a 3.2 megapixel world), I went for a second time and tried the $85 pre-fixe omakase dinner. It was definitely a feast for the senses! Enjoy the photo essay!
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Sake for you, sake for me...
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Asparagus with peanut sauce
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Crabmeat and cucumbers with vinegar dressing and sesame seeds
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Simmered daikon and bean curd skin
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Tuna sashimi
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Uni and hamachi sashimi
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Sampler platter #1
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Clockwise from left: crabmeat sushi, eel, chicken meatball, grilled prawn, ankimo
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Clockwise from left: candied walnuts, grilled prawn, takoyaki, squid mentaiko, duck breast, tamago, sardines
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Sampler platter #2
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Fried blackskin pork (front) and red snapper (back)
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Unagi (front) and shrimp mushroom puff (back)
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Red bean pudding
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Fresh fruit