Japanese

    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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