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Damn dude!
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Thanks for putting everything together @PorkyBelly!
Ditto on the Noten! Who knew the top of a tuna’s head could be so luscious? 
Wow! Also, anything in that incredibly crispy Nori. I concur with your highlights and also enjoyed the Kegani Chawanmushi that was in Anthony-san’s words “like crab butter.” Another item I liked was the preparation of the Hotaru Ika (firefly squid) - it reminded me of chopped liver. 
I was stuffed by the time the Futomaki came so didn’t notice it was small! Lol.
It was great seeing old friends and making new friends!
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Maybe this was just me, but the anago was “bite of the year” material - everything else was best-in-class or close (except the hokkaido bafun uni on rice; oddly I felt it was a bit lacking in the taste department, without even the comparison to the murasaki shortly thereafter), but the anago was so good it almost tasted like a different kind of thing rather than just being a qualitative improvement.
I know I was harping on the rice, but not yet having had a chance to try Mori’s rice (at any location), it was truly something else.
And yeah, the nori was amazing.
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I’ve not been sushi satiated in ages. Have not had one craving for it since that magical night.
It was so fun to see so many familiar faces again…and meet some new ones.
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It was fantastic wire to wire—Chef Yoshi-san was out playing only bangers.
It’s too good to properly power rank, so here are my personal nominations…
Best bite: nodoguro bozushi
Favorite newcomer: noten (don’t think I’ve had anything quite like it)
Most surprising: ankimo
Most underrated: takuan
Most disappointing: futomaki (ONLY because it melted my mind and I ate it in one bite and it broke my heart that I didn’t have another 
)
I really can’t wait to go back and get another shot at that futomaki, or just do a dedicated takeout order of it.
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Wait can’t you order the whole futomaki (about what 8 cut pieces) as okonomi? You only got 1 piece of that epic futomaki?
A note about the correct and incorrect name of the fish:
Nodogoro = some company using a wrongly spelt fish name as their logo (although the logo itself is correct except in black and white), providing some AI analytics / labs services.
Nodoguro (or Akamutsu) = blackthroat seaperch (some chefs call it rosy seabass). The actual name of the fish is what Nodogoro Labs decided to use for their logo. There is some debate amongst those paying closer attention, as to whether regional catches of blackthroat seaperch which have different naming, is the exact species as the other (ie Eastern Japan caught akamutsu, vs Kansai nodoguro), but generally some say they are the same fish otherwise (Nodoguro vs Akamutsu).
If you feel TLDR, just refer to the chart below
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Goro gives 4 thumbs up…
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One might start humming the tune from Kodoku no Gurume.
Goro~♪
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How Goro san feels when he’s referred to as Inokashira Nodogoro san, or if he sees nodoguro as nodgoro (but is still always hungry AF, something we can always relate to).
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this is huge, thanks @Sgee
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Tease.
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I’m an NY plebe anyone want to give me the rundown/backstory on sushi noz?
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I am madly in love with that ice box.
That octopus literally has a spa day @PorkyBelly. Too bad he’s not alive to enjoy it.
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With Noz coming is LA the Sushi Capital of the US?
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i don’t think it’s even the sushi capital of CA yet. nyc still reigns supreme in the us imo.
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check out the ice box at sushi sho
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