At Sushi Ei, there are many more snacks than sushi. And even the sushi is fairly snack-like. Everything is rich! Kinme is served with its liver on top. Temaki of uninand unagi appear mid-meal.
At Sushi Ei, there are many more snacks than sushi. And even the sushi is fairly snack-like. Everything is rich! Kinme is served with its liver on top. Temaki of uninand unagi appear mid-meal.
Sushi Toyo is a small family-run sushiya in Takefu, close to Echizen. Frequent diners in Japan might recognize Echizen as one of the famous regional-branded names for snow crab, which is abundant in winter.
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Toyo is run by a father-son team, and the environment is entirely locals and regulars. It is usually fully booked, and that's probably because... More
At Sushi Ei, there are many more snacks than sushi. And even the sushi is fairly snack-like. Everything is rich! Kinme is served with its liver on top. Temaki of uninand unagi appear mid-meal.
Two "signature" items from Sato-san: torched kinme konbujime wrapping crisp nori, and bincho-grilled kamatoro with aka shari and and generous handful of menegi. More drinking snacks.
The front end of the meal is mostly geared towards sashimi, and I counted 9 different items with 3 different dipping sauces. The most memorable was kawahagi in a mix of its own liver, ponzu, negi, and cooked nori - a variation on other versions I've tried that might also include shoyu or egg yolk. The results (pictured) kind of looked like the inside... More
Sato-san's sujiko is completely unique. It is served almost like a soup, with a generous amount of a thicker marinade, and diners are urged to sample this first. After, some shari is offered to soak up the sauce.
The front end of the meal is mostly geared towards sashimi, and I counted 9 different items with 3 different dipping sauces. The most memorable was kawahagi in a mix of its own liver, ponzu, negi, and cooked nori - a variation on other versions I've tried that might also include shoyu or egg yolk. The results (pictured) kind of looked like the inside... More
Two "signature" items from Sato-san: torched kinme konbujime wrapping crisp nori, and bincho-grilled kamatoro with aka shari and and generous handful of menegi. More drinking snacks.
Sato-san's sujiko is completely unique. It is served almost like a soup, with a generous amount of a thicker marinade, and diners are urged to sample this first. After, some shari is offered to soak up the sauce.