Sushi Kaneyoshi - Little Tokyo

@happycat next time just tell Yoshi San you’re still very hungry and he will feed you something. Yoshi San is very very kind and he will be sad if he know any of his guest leaving hungry.

@JeetKuneBao I only eat 1 or 2 pieces max since there are other guests dying for more too. I did eat 12 pieces of futomaki at Morihiro after his Omakase tho :sweat_smile: Mori San used to make me a Togo box :face_with_peeking_eye: for my 3-4 hrs drive to visit him in the past. He always makes sure I’m staying awake driving back safely, because he is, too, a very kind chef.

@onelabneh @hungryhungryhippos I totally agree that there is a few times rice temperature got much warmer than usual temp elsewhere in the recent past, but as @beam mentioned, it wasn’t a unintentional. Yoshi San has been testing and adjusting to find his perfect voice :star:

Long story short, there were some complaints around the end of 2021 about Yoshi San’s rice temp was too low or even on the colder side and the rice flavor wasn’t remarkable enough. Since Jan 7, 2020, aside from changing the the type of grains, Yoshi San has been testing and tweaking his seasoning, temperature and texture exhaustically.

He wanted to make his Shari the happiest Shari for himself and for his guest, too. That what he told me while keep on making it better every time I come back.

If you visited often since January, you will notice these nuances. I love incredible masters who won’t stop developing and getting better like that. So nice and so lucky for us.

His Shari at the moment is the most remarkable Shari he has done so far, and so perfect with his wonderful neta.

I asked Yoshi San a few weeks ago to just feed me his rice with warm dashi at the end of the meal, and I would be so so happy already.

If you notice the Shari and warm dashi broth with a seasonal neta recently, that is my favorite comfort side during his Omakase, and a very hard to find side in the US.

@robert Yoshi San is very kind, he always listens to feedback and wants to get even better everyday.

Sorry, I couldn’t reply for the last 12hrs so I keep on adding replies into my long essay :sweat_smile:

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this is the top omakase in la, from start to finish there wasn’t a single miss. top highlights were shiitake shrimp, chawanmushi, smoked amaebi, oyster, saba bozushi, ankimo, tai, nodoguro, oma otoro, iwashi, sawara, maguro zuke, kohada, uni, kanpyo.

@Bagel @noddles review forthcoming?

stay tuned for exciting yoshi-san news.

shiitake, shrimp, roasted onion sauce

so impressed with yoshi-san’s otsumami. the execution on this was flawless. this was like a shrimp shinjo that was lightly tempura’d and then stuffed in a shiitake, delicious.

tachiuo chawanmushi

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smoked amaebi

miyagi oyster, kombu dashi

saba bozushi

ankimo

shirako, ponzu

tai no kobujime

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nodoguro

iwashi

suzuki

miyagi oyster

sawara

maguro zuke

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mehikari

oma otoro

kohada

uni, ikura

anago

gyokudari tamago tower

:egg: :egg: :egg: :egg: :egg:

bonus rounds

kanpyo

look at this execution

when you go shopping and need your boyfriend @chrishei to hold your bags

bang

bang

:camera: @NYCtoLA

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WOW. Going back in a month, can’t wait!! Can you hint at what Yoshi-san’s big news is?

Nice-looking hazy for your bang; what was it? Your capacity remains impressive.

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Damn, his rice looks amazing!

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Everson Royce Bar?

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@PorkyBelly wonderful report, as always! That new menu item is currently my favorite thing Yoshi San ever made: Shiitake Jingasa Age Norian.

I had it the first time at the end of November and hope it will stay in his menu for a while :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: It went so well with his Nori sauce that night. Look like we have a sauce swap between this course and the chawanmusi within the two nights!!





Sizing references

Of course everything else there are excellent :ok_hand:






:two_hearts::two_hearts::two_hearts:

The Menu (not the movie lol)

Also, the snowflake salt made from rice flour and sea salt was very cute. Did anyone notice the hint of rice flour in that?

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couple new concepts to occupy their remaining subterranean space and it’s not teppanyaki.

we banged some burgers and patty melts at everson royce bar.

enjoy your visit to kaneyoshi.

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what was this?

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@PorkyBelly it’s Komochi Ayu Kanroni (Simmered Sweetfish with Roe), finely chopped and roll into a ball for nigiri. One of my favorite from another dinner before the last collaboration I went to.


Yoshi San always have some new dish up his sleeves whenever I come back :muscle:

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Do you know this was sourced from Yamayuki? At least one was purportedly ordered for the LA market in the past week or so…

Thanks!

I’m looking forward to their new concept, whatever it may be. That space is going to become a major LA destination, for sure.

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interesting, didn’t catch that.

My bad typo…

“Do you know IF this was sourced from Yamayuki?”

Trying to figure out who bought it… Kaneyoshi seems like a good candidate

oh, I don’t think so, it should have a yellow certificate like this if it’s from yamayuki right?

yumeya

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I’d guess Sushi Gonza Onodera as they like to show off fish they’ve recently flown in when you dine with them.

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Agree that this is my top omakase in LA; no misses, lots of highlights and some amazing hits. Porky has all the pics covered so I’ll just point out my personal stand out moments:

Saba Bozushi - Amazing saba here. One of the best Saba bozushi I’ve ever had! While previous bites were great, this one knocked my socks off! Flavor was insanely rich and intense from the first bite. The most “Saba” in a single bite of “Saba” I can recall if that makes sense.

Ankimo - One of my favorite preps in LA though it’s been a long time since I’ve had the SGO version which I recall being delicious.

Nodoguro - Another :exploding_head: moment. I might say this was divine? If you’ve had Nodoguro before it’s a bite that perfectly emphasizes what makes Nodoguro delicious. Definitely tied for top Nodoguro bite in my life.

Iwashi handroll - Sourness of the vinegar/pickling was perfect.

Also shout out to the ending soup as it is absolutely delicious. So much rich depth and flavor in there. :drooling_face:

With Kaneyoshi around, I’m not jealous of any other part of the country for sushi.

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Shoku if my memory serves me correct. I’ll double check with them later. But pretty sure it was them

Edit : confirmed. It was shoku that bought the yamayuki

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still my favorite omakase in the city. highlights: shrimp stuffed shiitake, oyster somen, meji maguro, saba bozushi, ankimo, aji, nodoguro, oyster, tairagai, mehikari, iwashi, noresore.

@NYCtoLA @CiaoBob @Sgee power rankings forthcoming?

can you spot the japanese superhero?

shrimp stuffed shiitake

oyster somen

ikura chawanmushi

meji maguro, sakura chips, onion sauce

saba bozushi

ankimo

mozuku, amaebi

kinmedai

aji

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nodoguro

oyster

tairagai

tachiuo, snow flake salt

zuke maguro

mehikari

otoro

iwashi

female and male uni

anago

noresore

tamago x5

after-dinner bonus rounds at saffy’s

grilled lobster skewer - green harissa, serrano-lime yogurt, herbs

(new) chopped chicken liver - challah, oyster mushrooms, date vinegar, capers, brown butter, cardamom

wood-fire shawarma - lamb & beef, lettuce, tomato, sumac onions, tahini, red ajika, laffa

lamb kebab - sweet & spicy peppers, onions, parsley, dry mint, marjoram

beef shishlik - yogurt, mint, garlic, pepper, marjoram, oregano

haven’t had the lamb kebab since opening night and really impressed how improved it is. this may give team chicken a run for its money. will need to do a side-by-side comparison @rlw

blood orange and vanilla swirl

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Looks awesome. I scrolled too quickly through the post and thought Kaneyoshi was now serving schwarma. I need that soft serve.

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