Tag: Japanese

  • Sushi Yoshizumi

    Sushi Yoshizumi

    This week’s dinner was on a Saturday, which is fairly rare for us (we always try to avoid the weekend reservations) and even more rare because it was for the second seating which started at 8:15PM, which is late for us old folks. It was also in San Mateo (Bryan did you ever eat here…

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  • Ken

    Ken

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    This week we weren’t able to eat on Thursday since Andrea had a filing deadline and was working crazy hours, so i booked this for Sunday. I saw an article a few days ago in The Infatuation and saw that we had eaten at most of the restaurants on the list, so of course I…

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  • Japanese Gradma’s Cafe

    Japanese Gradma’s Cafe

    Lunch on our way back from Waimea https://www.japanesegrandma.com

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  • Naisla Kitchen & Cocktails

    Naisla Kitchen & Cocktails

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    We were pleasantly surprised to find this place for our first night in Kauai. Decent cocktails and cuisine is a fusion of Italian and Japanese. https://naisla.com/

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  • Nisei

    Nisei

    This was a sort of a last minute, same day reservation…we were having our taxes done and figured we might as well go out and eat. There were a couple new restaurants I wanted to try, but they weren’t open for dinner on Sunday. I’ve been wanting to come back here to Nisei (japanese born…

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  • Hina Yakitori

    Hina Yakitori

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    This week’s dinner was at Hina Yakitori. Sadly, we only heard about this place because of articles of it’s impending closure at the end of the month. The chef had mentioned the lack of diners which is not surprising in a very competitive restaurant environment here in SF. The restaurant only seats 10 people and…

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  • The Shota

    The Shota

    It’s Wednesday and it’s a Spare-the-Air day due to the fires up north so we didn’t want to grill and it was unseasonably hot so we didn’t want to cook. Andrea wanted sushi so we decided to go to one of our favorite Japanese restaurants in SF, The Shota. We first dined here in December…

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  • Noodle in a Haystack

    Noodle in a Haystack

    This week’s dinner was at a small high end ramen restaurant that seats 10-12 people. This was the Spring Extended menu, so dishes change seasonally and the extended menu differs from the weeknight counter menu, but is largely the same as the Friday Sake Pairing Extended menu (which features a couple different dishes and exclusive…

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  • Akikos

    Akikos

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    Enjoyed a delicious omakase lunch with Plamen to celebrate his new job. It was so great to see him and catch up and ruminate on the impact of AI on the future of humanity.

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  • Niku Steakhouse

    Niku Steakhouse

    It had been awhile since we had eaten here (Jan 4, 2020 to be exact). Always so many restaurants to try here so we don’t repeat very often. But we’d been so disappointed with any other steakhouse (Mastros, Harris, STK), but we did have a great experience here last time. So when on our reservation,…

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