Jonathan Gold restaurant review: Tsujita Sushi's uncompromising omakase quality

If you want to understand Asanebo, the sleek Japanese restaurant at the heart of Studio City’s sushi bar strip, you could do worse than to look at the tiny dish of chawanmushi there, the inevitable beginning to one of the long, multi-coursed...

Have you tried battera sushi? You really should. It’s a brick-shaped thing, vinegared sushi rice pressed into a mold over lightly pickled mackerel and a transparent slip of seaweed, and it’s usually served sliced like bread. The oil of the saba,...

Getting Shishito-FacedTokyo Table pops the culinary cherry of Irvine’s Diamond Jamboree Shopping Center   This past decade has seen some exciting times for Irvine food lovers. A few years ago, Persians took over a Wild Oats, transformed it into...

You don't put out a Top Ten list of sushi joints in OC and not inspire some discussion. I'd be disappointed if this one didn't. So the comment board is open for objections, inclusions and even agreement on the ten we've chosen. Without further...

The Stepson Also RisesAt Nana San, sushi chef Goro Sakurai carries on the family tradition with style, taste and precision More than any other type of business, sushi bars are about cultivated relationships. If you, gentle reader, are a...