Temakira in Costa Mesa Sells Hand Rolls for Comfort

Recent years have brought on various sushi innovations in OC. Ten years ago it was the advent of revolving sushi, such as Kula, Kaisen, and Gatten. Then came the all-you-can-eat concept that places like Sake 2 Me seems to have mastered. This year,...

Temakira–the hip sushi hand roll joint that moved into the former location of Avanti Cafe in Costa Mesa in the fall of last year–is expanding. The OC Mix location is just about ready to open and now they've revealed they're also opening one at...

Temakira—the hip sushi hand roll joint that moved into the former location of Avanti Cafe in Costa Mesa several years ago—has now opened a new store at University Center in Irvine. This makes the third location for the concept. Another outpost at...

When I first went to Sushi Nozawa near the end of 1987, I was mostly impressed with its rigor. The fish was good enough, the usual parade of tuna, yellowtail and mackerel, but there was a sign that read, “Today’s special: Trust me,” and the chef,...

Fatty Tuna is unlike any sushi bar OC has ever seen. It’s an entirely new subspecies. It offers traditional omakase meals centered on nigiri, but it doesn’t operate in the manner of Sushi Noguchi, Nana San or Hamamori, whose elder craftsmen would...