Recipes, Restaurant Reviews, and Travel
In the last 25 years sushi has grown in the mainstream food scene in the U.S. What was once considered a strange or unfathomable dish to the average American in the 1980s is now one of the most sought after. I know my own cravings for fresh, delicious fish seem bottomless. As a sushi lover,... Continue Reading →
While on the prowl for something different in the Providence area (let's be honest, while there are many fantastic eateries, it can get a little stale eating at the same places over and over), my friend and I stumbled upon Yaki Mani. The menu looked familiar and promising because we both love sushi and ramen.... Continue Reading →
Eating as a tourist in Japan is a revelation because the majority of dining establishments hold themselves to very high standards. The food quality and cleanliness everywhere we ate from casual food markets to fine dining was remarkable. Nonetheless, traveling away from the tourist areas with the help of local Japanese friends and eating in... Continue Reading →
As part of a birthday celebration, a friend suggested that we all get some sushi from Cafe Sushi. He'd been raving about it for a while and took his opportunity to have the rest of us try it out. The restaurant offers some of the usual pieces of fish that all sushi restaurants feature, but Cafe Sushi's... Continue Reading →
The Hawaiian love of Spam is legendary. So much so, that the first "Hawaiian" thing I ate when I visited Oahu was a Spam musubi from Musubi Cafe Iyasume in Waikiki. For those of you that are familiar with Spam, you know that this typically pink, highly processed, canned meat product sits on shelves in... Continue Reading →
There are a lot of mixed reviews about Ichigo Ichie. I've been there a few times and I am also unsure of how I feel about this restaurant. There are some excellent parts of it and you can easily go to the restaurant two times in a row, but still get a completely different experience... Continue Reading →
As a second honeymoon, my wife and I took a trip to the island of Oahu in Hawaii. Considering that it was January, we wanted to go somewhere warm, but that was also a completely different experience for us. After much evaluation we settled on the farthest U.S. state from the Northeast. Neither of us... Continue Reading →
I'd heard about Oga's from a few food bloggers who had nothing, but good things to say about the restaurant. One blogger I read likened Oga's to a more affordable, but same quality as some of the best sushi places in Boston like Oishii (see my review here). With rave reviews like that, I knew... Continue Reading →
When searching for the best sushi around Boston, three names kept popping up: O Ya, Oishii, and Oga's (in Natick). After watching a wonderful documentary called, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, about the world's greatest sushi chef, I became obsessed with trying truly high quality sushi. Unfortunately, such sushi is costly and far more expensive than... Continue Reading →
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