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Just say Los Angeles
by Axsuul 7y ago
Just say Los Angeles
- defterGoose 7y agoYep, never been to Japan but I can confidently say there are plenty of excellent sushi restaurants here in LA.
- paulsutter 7y agoIf you would like to try sushi you should spend time in Japan
- beatgammit 7y agoThat's kind of a long trip for a meal.
- defterGoose 7y agoI mean, I have. Pretty sure the Japanese dudes serving me omakase knew what they were doing. Would love to go to Japan eventually.
- Axsuul 7y agoI have tried lots of sushi in Japan and it's just as good in LA.
- yellowapple 7y agoOr Reno. Seriously, the sushi places here are on average at least on par with (if not better than) what you'd get from most coastal cities (LA and SF included), and certainly better than what you can find in other "inland" cities, and are almost always all-you-can-eat at a much lower price point than what most coastal cities offer (my favorite here, Tokyo Sushi, even throws in all-you-can-drink sake Monday through Thursday; it ain't great sake, but it does the job). My hypothesis is that the casinos have built up a strong supply chain for fresh fish (in order to supply their restaurants, including sushi bars) and a talent pool for chefs skilled with handling/preparing fish (including sushi chefs), and independent sushi bars are thus able to piggyback on both. I'm suddenly curious if Vegas has a similar dynamic (I haven't been there enough to know). Yeah, the rolls and stuff are definitely pretty thoroughly "Americanized", but the nigiri's almost always top-notch wherever I go.