Made it out to Delage tonight; pretty good.
Tried Kamado Sushi in Berkeley on the recommendation of James Yu from Great China.
Menu on TV screen. We did omakase.
Miso soup was excellent. Chef said it’s a mix of organic white and red miso with dashi made from scratch.
I think this was the sweetfish? New to me.
Mochi was really good, as was the hojicha? ice cream.
Very good meal. Good value given the quality.
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definitely does not look at all like sweetfish (ayu). looks more like seared isaki (chicken grunt fish) or kamasu (barracuda) but i suspect isaki.
definitely does not look like hojicha (which would really be brown). looks like a normal green tea ice cream.
nice of them to use a local Japanese sweets producer
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Huh, how long has that place been there? I see from some pictures on e.g. google review that they seem to serve everything all at once to people ordering omakase, but maybe that’s only if you’re (unwisely) sitting at a table?
I sat at the bar so I don’t know. Omakase at a table? No thanks.
Opened in 2014.
Well, I decided to check this place out tonight.
Pros:
- Walked in at 8 pm on Saturday and had no trouble getting a bar seat.
- Fish was good to great.
- Knifework was good.
Cons:
- The rice was not good. Way overdone (too soft) and underseasoned.
- A bit too heavy on the saucing & torching.
Someone sitting next to me at the bar was watching tiktok(?) on their phone with the volume on for like 15 minutes after finishing their meal. Thankfully the volume was low-ish, but come on.
On the other hand, the couple sitting to my other side spoke russian and we ended up having a great chat for the last 30 minutes of my meal, which more than compensates for everything else.
Overall - unless I hear the rice has improved or that I suffered from a fluke, I probably won’t be coming back very much, but am glad that a neighborhood spot like this exists at all.
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Back to Kamado. I hope my notes are correct.
hotate
hon maguro
iwana
ao ebi
aji
isaki
kampachi
ayu
goma saba
gindara
umi masu
kamasu
iwashi
Neglected to photograph the otoro.
uni
fried barracuda spine
I’m no sushi connoisseur but this place seems like a good value. My wife ran out of appetite by the uni so I got two of those.
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