Sushi Nikkei@Long Beach ★★

Cool New Peruvian Japanese Restaurant. Innovative fusion with great taste. The sauce, seasoning, and toppings differentiate itself to traditional Japanese cuisine. Friendly and fast service. Got to meet the owner Eduardo Chang Ogata from Peru. Corkage fee is $20.

Octopus Fire $19
parrillera sauce, lemon sauce, chalaquita

Grilled Scallops $14
peruvian scallops, butter, quinoa pop, garlic limo

Peruvian Cebiche $25
catch of the day, tiger milk, aji amarillo, chicharron squid

Crispy Tartar $17
crispy shrimp, avocado topped with tartar fish, wonton, spicy mayo, sweet sauce

Acebichado $17
crispy shrimp, avocado topped with tuna, acebichado sauce, togarashi, green onion

Hakkaisan Junmai 300 mL $27

Hakkaisan Junmai 300 mL $27

 

The owner, Eduardo Chang Ogata

Sushi Nikkei
3819 Atlantic Ave Long Beach, CA 90807
(562) 283-3042

Morimoto Napa@Napa Day 1 ★★

Napa Road Trip during Pandemic. Went during July 4th weekend, when all wineries and bars in LA shut down again. Had our struggles, but ended up going. (Now indoor restaurants are closed again after our trip Was asked about the trip, so I decided to blog about the experience and share the itinerary. We left LA at 6am and arrived Napa at 12pm. Were able to sit at sushi bar without reservation. First time eating out since pandemic in March. Felt uneasy. Nervous to sit at sushi bar facing the sushi chefs. Luckily, we brought face shields to eat with them on. We also brought hand sanitizer. Pretty fresh sushi. Temperature checked upon check-in.

Sushi Lunch Set $47

Negitoro Roll $16, Soft Shell Crab Roll S15

Eating with Face Shield on

Morimoto Napa
10 Main St
Napa, CA 94559
(702) 252-1600
morimotonapa.com

Sushi Takashi@Las Vegas

Fun 10-12 Courses Japanese Dinner in Las Vegas. $29.95 for 10 Course Sushi Dinner and $39.95 for 12 Course Sushi Dinner. Food quality is ok. The deal is pretty good, but the service was really slow. They only have 2 waiters to serve the whole restaurant, and sometimes they got frustrated and forgot something. The dinner itself took 3 hours.

Oyster

Garlic Edamame

Peperoncino Edamame

Yellowtail Carpaccio

Scallop Carpaccio

Tofu Salad w/ Grilled Shrimp

Soba Salad

4 Piece Nigiri

Agashi Tofu

Grilled Asparagus

Deep-Fried Salmon

Tempura

Tempura LoouooLL Roll (half)
shrimp tempura, imitation crab, chopped, scallop, topped w/ avocado, tempura crumb, eel sauce & yum yum sauce

Blue Diamond Roll (half)
salmon, cucumber, kaiware, super white tuna, wrapped w/ halibut, topped w/ masago, green onion, garlic ponzu

Chicken Teriyaki

Salmon Teriyaki

Sukiyaki

Creamy Corn Soup

Green Tea Ice Cream

Shaved Ice

Sushi Takashi
5300 W Spring Mountain Rd
Las Vegas, NV 89146
(702) 749-7477
sushitakashi.com

Shunji@West LA ★★★

Omakase Sushi with Shunji-san at the Sushi Bar. This time instead of the Shunji Omakase ($130-$160), I ordered the Sushi Special for $50 and added a few more sushi requests. It's much more economical this way. The sushi bar experience was more authentic than the table seating. Also got the gut to try Shirako, which is sperm sacs from Cod Fish...
Compare with Shunji from 2013 (3 years ago):
http://www.syorithefoodie.com/2013/02/shunjiwest-la.html

Squid Mix w/ Black Squid Ink, Uni, Truffle, & Quail Egg $10

Red Snapper

Shirako

Shirako

Trumpet Fish

Black Snapper

Sweet Lip Snapper

Shima Aji

Blue Fin Tuna

Belt Fish

Agedashi Tomato Tofu $10

Kanpachi

Toro

Uni

Blue Crab Hand Roll

Salmon Roe

Hotate Scallop

Unagi

Tamago

Shunji-san Slicing Fish Skillfully

Shunji-san Making Sushi Skillfully

Pink Orange Ice Cream $5

Shunji Japanese Cuisine
12244 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 826-4737
www.shunji-ns.com