BERKELEY, CA
Anzu – what to order: any Americanized sushi rolls
— first visit
— second visit
— sushi
Cha-Ya – what to order: vegan chocolate cake
Ippuku – what to order: EVERYTHING! (to be fair, I strongly recommend the chicken liver, squid ink fried rice and black sesame ice cream)
Iyasare – what to order: grilled gyutan with trio of miso
Kaze – what to order: tonkotsu ramen with gyoza
Kiraku – what to order: corn tempura, lotus root chips, Kiraku ribs
Miyuki
Musashi – what to order: gyutan (grilled beef tongue)
— Chirashi (sushi rice with many types of raw seafood)
O Chamé – what to order: grilled caramelized eel – UPDATE Nov 2013: this restaurant is closed and replaced by Iyasare.
So Oishi – what to order: ramen burger – UPDATE February 2015: this place has been closed
Sushi California – what to order: 49’er roll, black seaweed salad, purple sweet potato croquettes
Sushi Ko
— sashimi
— uni (sea urchin roe) sushi
OAKLAND, CA
B-Dama – what to order: monkfish liver (and everything else!)
Shimizu – what to order: “volcano scallop”
The Ramen Shop
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Izumiya – what to order: okonomiyaki
Mifune
Nojo
Ramen Underground
Other cities in CA
Koto (Sonora) – what to order: saba shio
HOUSTON, TX
Kaneyama – what to order: saba shio
Kata Robata – what to order: fois gras unagi, black sesame panna cotta
Shabu House – what to order: shabu (hot pot) (what else?!)
Tokyo One (buffet)
Other cities in TX
Haiku (College Station) – Japanese & Korean – what to order: beef udon
Ichiban Hibachi & Sushi (Port Arthur) – Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Indian, Indonesian – what to order: sushi rolls
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