I just finished this great book! “The Zen of Fish” is written by Trevor Corson and the author has descibed it as “documentary nonfiction”.
The story is a mix of facts and historic reference and partly about some real students at the school I took a basic sushi class at the California Sushi Academy. It might have been a reason why I became over the top exited when reading the book, but I think the book reads like a great novel that I learned a lot from.
Scientists think they have evidence that fish oil could cure mental disorders such as depression and dyslexia - conditions increasingly common in the Western world.
“This really does represent a breakthrough in the managing of individual depressions,” Alexandra Richardson, Senior Neuroscience Research Fellow at Britain’s University of Oxford, told a seminar about depression in Stockholm in 2001. “If the brain does not have the right fats, it will not be working right.”
A seriously high profile sushi celebrity this time - Paris Hilton! She had her birthday party at Nobu in Las Vegas where Paris alternatley made out with two guys at the table between bites of sushi. Ooh.
Well, another sushi visit for ex-jailbird Paris Hilton. She stopped by KOI in West Hollywood and apparently caused some serious mayhem there too, according to “That other blog”.
KOI in LA is mentioned often and seems to attract the high profile Hollywood crowd. Does it say something about the food or the hip-factor of the place? It gets mixed reviews on Citysearch.
In proper sushi bars in Japan there are often no menus at all. There is usually just a list of fish on the wall telling you what are the recommended fish that day. You can then sit down at the sushi bar and leave it up to the chef saying “omakase onegaishimasu” (お任せお願いします).
This tradition is not very common in Norway, so I did not really know how to behave when doing this. It was my goal for the LA trip to learn and appreciate the tradition of leaving my food choices up to the one behind the sushi bar. It was a bit scary but worthwhile experience!
Apparently Mikado broke new ground when it opened its doors in 1963 as the first Japanese restaurant to serve The Valley. We honor traditions, so we thought we would get a great good old fashion sushi experience coming here, but nope. Not so. At all. I think it was our worst night so far. They were just rude and loud. It was our last night in LA for now too, so it was very disappointing to end with having sushi here.
It is quite a nice sushi bar and restaurant, located inside the Best Western Mikado Hotel. There seems to be others who have had better experience than what we got. That is why we wanted to try it out. But I would never go back.
The Hump seems to be quite famous as a sushi bar in LA. I have come across it on “best of” lists and in many of the food magazines that I have read, so we wanted to go there.
They have amazingly fresh sushi and sashimi and other Japanese delicacies and the restaurant is located over looking the Santa Monica Airport runway. Just while we were there, people came flying in, literally, parked their airplane, went for dinner and went flying off. It was that kind of place. A great place to take your date. If you can afford it…
The Kosher Sushi Club is a group of fresh fish lovers in St. Louis who love good sake, fresh tuna and great friends. All are welcome to join then — you don’t have to be a heeb.
Some of their favorite haunts include Yoshi’s, Cha Yoon, Sansui West, and Rue 13. No greater purpose. Just love of good food and great friends.
Written by: Nick Moss - Copenhagen, Denmark
“Some of the best sushi I have had”
The restaurant itself is just below street level. It has a warm atmosphere, helped by the low ceiling and the decor (simple with lots of exposed beams).
There are not many tables but you should sit at the bar anyway - that way you get to see everything they make and can chat to the chefs (who normally give you a few samplers for free!).
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At thesushibar.com you find all kinds of different things - discussion board, etiquette, some wonderful pictures of all the different types of fish with the proper names, which can be very useful when you are trying to learn more about sushi. The picture gallery also includes some examples of why sushi is considered to be art! Ahh. Beautiful!
Pink Tuna just opened a week ago (June 2007), so we felt lucky to happen to be in the area of a brand new sushi place.
The place was filled with beautiful looking girls who tried their best to play the role of waiters - but really just seemed to be friends with the chef and not that much into sushi. The music is loud and they have a huge projector playing music videos, so I guess that they were targeting the young, roll loving audience, which shows in the amount of different sushi rolls on the menu. I get easily confused then, and have discovered a “lengthy” menu is not a good sign for a sushi bar…
For being quite a small city, Monterey has actually a lot of sushi bars. Jugem has been around a while and it got some great reviews that made us want to check it out.
This sushi bar seems to be a family run restaurant, and it comforts us always to find Japanese people eating there. The sushi chef also seemed to be in with the rest of the crowd, and it did give you the feeling of that it was a neighborhood sushi bar. But it was as if there was something wrong in the place. Again the feeling of that no one really wanted to be there. That this was an old dream gone sour kind of. I don’t know.
