![]() I also noticed that all of the customers were Japanese except for me and a couple of guys who walked in as I was finishing. I got a seat immediately when I arrived and the atmosphere was more relaxed compared with the more celebrated and crowded establishments not too far away. I checked out Iwasa a couple of mornings ago. And the sushi, he said, was comparable to those two more popular institutions. There is less pedestrian traffic on its side of the inner market, so you don’t have to wait in a long line. More recently, a friend of mine who works with the food industry recommended a place called Iwasa Sushi (岩佐寿し), located a short walk away from Daiwa Sushi and Sushi Dai. ![]() The sushi isn’t cheap either – an order of toro alone is 800 yen and the only featured sushi set starts at 3500 yen (about USD $35), though it gives a good sampling of the overall menu. However, the Disneyland-type lines aren’t something I would want to endure on a frequent basis. But it was the toro we were still talking about hours later.īreakfast sushi at Daiwa was an awesome experience and something I would recommend if you have the time, want to do something “uniquely Japan,” and are looking for a nice dose of foodie spiritualism. We ate other things off the menu – mackerel, giant scallops, other cuts of tuna – all of which were excellent and wonderfully fresh. You have eaten the food of the gods and now, in this brief moment, you are one with them. Your mind enters an instant state of zen. When you take a bite, your mouth lights up. Thick, tender, buttery … but there’s a lot more to it than that. The toro tasted as though it just came right off the boat and made its way directly to the restaurant. It was nirvana expressed as fish and seasoned rice. Moments later it was right in front of us, lightly brushed with soy sauce. So the first thing the three of us ordered was the toro, or fatty tuna. Daiwa is known for its tuna, which specifically come from Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan.
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