Best thing I ate: This tiny piece of tuna is a gigantic flavor bomb

Critic Brad A. Johnson says this little nugget of tuna toro might look like an ugly brown blob, but it’s also one of the best things he’s eaten in awhile.
Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • June 16, 2021
Admittedly, it doesn’t look like much, judging from the photo taken with my phone. It didn’t look like much in the moment, either. Although it’s just one small bite of an hour-long omakase experience at Sushi Ii in Newport Beach, it’s the one bite...
The full article can be read on the Orange County Register website.

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