Los Angeles Hiroyuki Urasawa from the Restaurant Urasawa was a sous chef under another famous chef - Masayoshi Takayama. After Masa left for New York, his student Urasawa opened his own place in Beverly Hills.

The Rodeo Drive address has been Urasawa’s sole professional address in the States, but his training reaches back to childhood, where he grew up in the kitchens of his father’s restaurants in Tokyo. He then honed his skills under master chefs in Kyoto before emigrating to join Takayama at Ginza Sushi-ko.

Urasawa-san respects the primary ingredient and combines them with ultimate perfection. He is considered an artist and a controlled one who creates a balance of image [visual], freshness, textures, flavors and temperatures like you have never had before. His commitment to your satisfaction is so strong that he closes the restaurant on the few days of the year when he travels back to Japan for seventy-two-hour shopping sprees to study the latest culinary techniques, bring back antique dishware and pick up a new, custom-made knife.

And - Hiro Urasawa is one of two chefs in the United States licenced to serve fugu (blowfish) which will actually KILL you (so - proper sushi or death here!) if not prepared correctly.

Address: Urasawa, 218 North Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California

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