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SUSHI MIDORI GINZA

by Bianca

Long lines are a definite view during lunch and dinner hours in front of this little sushi restaurant behind the Imperial Hotel. I had to visit during odd hours (around 3 pm) to finally secure a seat. Sushi Midori offers an extensive sushi menu which includes many roles (like california roll) not usually found in more traditional establishment and the prices are really cheap.

Part of the menu

A definite must try is the aburi (burned) sushi platter which costs a mere 840 yen and consists of salmon, tuna, squid, shrimp and enggawa (I haven’t found the english translation for this fish) all burned with some extra condiments including cheese. Absolutely delicious.

The aburi sushi platter

I also tried the regular sushi platter but found that my other favorite sushi restaurant Sushizanmai had fresher toro (tuna) and uni (sea urchin).

Sushi assortments platter

The california roll wasn’t too bad.

California roll

I have made up my mind that when I return, I will order 2 plates of the aburi sushi platter and will definitely be content.

SUSHI MIDORI GINZA. Ginza 7-108. Ginza Corridor 1-F. Phone : 5568-1212

Price : $

KYUBEI Sushi

by Bianca

 

 

After failing many times to get reservations at Sukiyabashi Jiro (the original one) because I was a foreigner and being suspiciously glared at by the chef in sushi Mizutani, the warm welcome at the Kyubei in Ginza was a nice change. I went there today for lunch without reservations and was lucky to immediately get seats on the second floor.

There were different set menus starting from around 75oo yen. We chose the omakase menu which was about 10.000 yen and surrendered ourselves in the hands of the sushi chef.

The friendly chef who even spoke a few words of Indonesian prepared our meal starting with some toro dabbed with some sweet soya sauce and the perfect amount of wasabi.

Toro sushi

Followed by a series of wonderful, delicious and fresh sushi dishes.

When it came to the shrimp he asked us if we wanted it fresh or slightly boiled. We asked which one was better and he decided on the slightly boiled version which was delicious.

The uni was so fresh it immediately melted in my mouth, as did the o-toro sushi.

0-toro sushi

The katsuo sushi prepared with some fresh garlic on top tasted unique. I’ve never tried anything like it before.

The katsuo sushi

But the highlight for me was the an ago (freshwater eel) prepared two ways : with salt and sweet soya sauce. I liked the salted version which also tasted very unique.

Anago sushi

Before the sushi rolls we were served some radish sandwiches which were refreshing.

The radish sandwiches

After that it was time for the sushi rolls.

The sushi rolls

Before desert, we were served some tamago-yaki (egg ommelette) which were really soft.

Tamago-yaki

And we had a choice of mocha or watermelon for desert.

The mochi desert

To summon things up, I had a wonderful time at Kyubei. Not only was the service warm and welcoming, the sushi was extremely fresh and absolutely delicious. I would definitely recommend this restaurant to you.

Price : $$$

KYUBEI Ginza

Address 8-7-6 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Telephone 03-3571-6523
Home Page http://www.kyubey.jp (In Japanese)
Business Hours 11:30am-2:00pm, 5:30pm-10:00pm; Closed on Sun