Mmmmm. Sushi in LA is just fabulous! This summer I spent a month there, and one of my goals was trying out as many sushi places as I could. We ended up eating a lot of sushi…

I did go for known favorites, though. I read up in advance on sushi websites like citysearch and chowhound.com to avoid having too much mediocre or just plain bad sushi.

The funny thing was that I went to LA thinking I was mostly into fusion and modern sushi restaurants, while I actually turned out to be quite a traditionalist… Super famous restaurants like “The Hump” did not even make it to my top 5 list… But that might be a different story. More on that later. Well. Here is my list.

My favorite 5 (of the ones we went to!) were:

1) Asanebo - Studio City. Expensive, but fantastico!!!!
2) Sushi Gen - Little Tokyo. The real deal. Amazing food.
3) Sen Nari Sushi - Gardena. Also very proper Japanese.
4) Ike Sushi - Hollywood. Down to earth, “piss off if you want modern rolls” kind of place.
5) Sushi Go 55 - Little Tokyo. Very Japanese too.

Sushi in LA is expensive, you will have to expect to spend around $50 or more.
But it is gooood.

Do you have a favorite top 5? I go back there all the time, so I need new hidden gems to investigate!