were the 3 bros sitting along the long end near the elbow?
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No they were just loud
i can’t compete with fitness model fiddy shades of hei.
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Wonder if they are some of the local annoying podcasters???
Didn’t get that vibe
oh wait, so yes, I was with these guys. But they were just the loud ones. Not the obnoxious dude monopolizing the whole dinner.
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i put my bet on the one with the most chest hair
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A sushi bar satire would be funny for those experienced. You’ve got the dude eager to express his knowledge of Japanese fish names. The gal who eats only the fish and leaves the rice and halfway through says she’s full. The guy who treats the whole experience reverentially and bows to the chef every time he is served. The influencer couple who are on their phones the whole time and let all the sushi build up on the plate. The newbies who put ginger on top of each bite. The guy who asks for double wasabi to prove to his date that he can handle it. The guy who casually slips into conversation all the famous sushi bars he’s been to. The raucous bros who are drunk from the start and keep loudly declaring everything to be oishii. The person who exclaims that the fish “tastes so fresh” when it’s been aged for ten days. The same person who asks where every fish is from and nods knowingly. Inevitably someone asks what other sushi bars the chef likes. Best answer I’ve heard is from Nozawa: Sugarfish. (aside: Nozawa has the best sense of humor of LA sushi chefs, or at least the best canned jokes.) But then it disintegrates into: Have you been to X? Have you been to Y? The chef keeps saying no and explains that he doesn’t go to sushi bars in his time off. The customer is puzzled.
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thx I hate it
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This is some quality cybersleuthing. Thank you for your service. 
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sounds like a typical night at a beverly hills high end sushi bar, except this time at Kaneyoshi. 
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So much bad manners and disrespect.
Next time I see Yoshi-san I’ll ask if he 86’ed that crew from ever setting foot in his place again…
He didn’t 86 the shirtless crew. So people talking loudly prob won’t either?
It seems like nearly every time I’ve been to Kaneyoshi in the last couple of years there’s been at least one group of diners that displays at least one of the behaviors that PeonyWarrior so accurately described above. Yoshi san is incredibly patient.
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One time at Hayato someone said, you must eat the most incredible food after your shift
Brandon responded with: I have a frozen Trader Joe’s dinner waiting for me
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Omg. And yeah the one with the stories is rich. Spotted the Bentley or fake Bentley twinkle ceiling lights in the car so Chinese rich? Plus the Mountain View of somewhere in SoCal? Very rich no matter what. Could be nepo baby or not. I hope Yoshi-san milked these group dry 
cause all I see is giant money bags instead of bodies
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I hate that I understood far too much this example. Cause this is not an analogy when it’s true!
ok. Wasn’t just me having these thoughts? You read my mind and now I feel so plain. Hate it too
this is disgusting. just really unappetizing for everyone else. i wonder how long they kept up this stunt? a real menace.
i encountered this in Japan recently. some incredibly obnoxious guy who was extremely condescending to his guest and thought he was the shit when babbling on about money. it was like he was trying to exemplify every cliche about a crazyrichasian douchebag wank. when he went to the restroom, it was the only moment of peace in the meal. i’ve witnessed really rude behavior before at sushi bars, and i thought i had seen it all…but now these shirtless dudes are appalling.
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Popping in to post about the Chef Anton x Niki pop up at Kaneyoshi that happened roughly a week ago. The first of hopefully more.
Highlights for me were: Ikura Chawanmushi (which had a nice hot/cold temperature contrast though perhaps a little much ikura), Ankimo with sweet miso, Nodoguro with orange, Noten, Sanma, Ankimo handroll, cucumber handroll (that sauce was quite nice), and the watermelon/peach jelly dessert.
If you’ve dined at Kaneyoshi, you’ve probably seen Chef Anton at the counter. He along with another Kaneyoshi chef, Niki, did a small one-seating Sunday dinner pop up. I haven’t been to Kaneyoshi in some time but, through some pictures I saw in passing on Instagram, I did notice some similarities with Kaneyoshi dishes. Nevertheless, I quite enjoyed it and at a super reasonable (likely discounted since it’s so early) $185/person I think it’s quite worthwhile. It’s a surprising amount of food for that price and a wide variety of dishes. It sounded like if they continue to do this there will be tweaks to the menu so expect some changes for those of you who give it a shot. I’m sure it will be great.
Mehikari Sunomomo
Ikura Chawanmushi
Tai Shabu over Zucchini
Trout kasumisozuke
Ankimo with sweet miso on rice cracker
Nodoguro, tosazu, orange
Sushi will be left to right, starting first row and moving to second:
Kasugodai, Shima Aji, Toro, Hirame
Akami, Noten, Yari Ika, Sanma with liver sauce
Hokkaido Amaebi, Santa Barbara Uni
Really bad pics of handrolls: Ankimo, Tuna, Cucumber (with some kind of sauce I didn’t catch)
Not pictured: Egg with honey and Watermelon and peach jelly. Not the biggest loss as these dishes aren’t quite lookers.
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