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Jalapeno Poppers with White Tuna Filling – Los Angeles, United States

I visited this Japanese restaurant with friends during Christmas time and I like it a lot. It is a 3-in-1 restaurant owned by a japanese family and they offer sushi bar, shabu-shabu and teppanyaki together. On that night I tried the shabu shabu and it was very good for the money paid. I have tried both the seafood version and the beef version. The seafood shabu shabu contains a selection of seafood including scallop, king crab, a kind of white fish, mussels and some fish balls. The ...

Duck Udon – Yamato Restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Yamato Restaurant Ann Arbor, Michigan Phone: 734.998.3484 Address: 403 N. Fifth Ave - 1st Floor Ann Arbor, MI 48104 http://yamatoinc.blogspot.com/ I think this is a relatively old restaurant in Kerrytown Ann Arbor. It has been around for at least 10 years and is operated by a Japanese couple. When you go into the entrance, you will see a lot of old photos with a lot of customers' comments. The chef has been working as a chef for a long time and some Japanese friends told...

Eel Three Ways – at Asakusa in Tokyo

It's a fairly priced Grilled Eel specialty store where they pride themselves in their own rendition of grilled eel Nagoya style. Price is about 1000-3000 yen per person($12-36USD) It was the first time that I learned that there are simple but savory ways of eating an una don (Grilled Eel bowl). Three Ways. 1. Serve Grilled Eel Don from Wooden Bucket 2. Adding fresh wasabi rind and chopped Negi (Japan green union) 3. Adding Dashi made of bonito & konbu(seaweed kelps)...

How to Eat Sushi – A Parody

A very nice parody on how to eat sushi or sashimi. I would say 60% of them are true, yet most of them are highly exagerrated.