tobiuo (flying fish) uramaki (inside out roll)

Fuki Sushi – Amazing Japanese Cuisine in Palo Alto

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Fuki Sushi is an upscale Japanese restaurant in Palo Alto that has been around for decades. It caters to the sushi aficionado with an outstanding menu of specialties and classics. It offers seats at the sushi bar, in tatami rooms and in a regular dining hall. It’s among the best and most authentic sushi restaurants in Silicon Valley. So I …

tobiko (flying fish roe) gunkan, avocado uramaki (inside out roll) with hamachi (yellowtail), ebi (shrimp), ika (squid), aji (mackerel), sake (salmon), maguro (tuna back), tai (sea bream) topping

Ryoko’s Japanese Restaurant – Quick Sushi Bites

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Ryoko’s Sushi Restaurant is a small subterranean restaurant serving sushi bites in downtown San Francisco for decades. The underground sushi joint creates the vibes of a Tokyo sushi bar and claims to serve a fresh fish daily with a distinctive flavour that is hard to find. Also they are open until the middle of the night, so we were able …

tai (sea bream) nigiri

ICHI Sushi – Amazing sushi on Mission Street in San Francisco, California

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ICHI Sushi is a hip sushi restaurant on Mission St in San Francisco, California. Voted one of the best sushi restaurants in the San Francisco area, it is highly frequented and busy almost every night. For good seats reservations are a must but for quick bite you might be able to score a seat of you are willing to wait …

katsuo (bonito) sashimi

Fuki Sushi – Supreme Japanese Cuisine in Palo Alto, California

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Fuki Sushi is a Japanese restaurant in Palo Alto, California and serves traditional dishes for lunch and dinner. As a sushi restaurant it is among the best in Silicon Valley and a must for any sushi aficionado. It’s authentic atmosphere provides a warm and welcoming setting for small and large groups. Although the restaurant is spacious, the interior setup provides …

toro (bluefin fatty tuna belly) nigiri

Sushi Ran – Incredible Sushi Delights in Sausalito, California

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Sushi Ran is among my favourite sushi restaurants in the world and it has been a classic for decades in the San Francisco Bay Area. Located in Sausalito, north of San Francisco, it offers most exquisit Japanese dishes for lunch dinner. I have been there many times, and make sure to go there whenever I am in the area. It …

king sake (king salmon), suzuki (sea bass) sashimi

Sushi Ran – Exquisite Japanese Cuisine

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Once again I went to my all time favourite sushi restaurant in Sausalito, California: Sushi Ran. For man 3 decades is has been the de-facto standard for exquisite Japanese cuisine at the highest level in the San Francisco Bay Area. I myself have been there various times over the last years and always come back on every trip to California.

omakase tennen hamachi (wild yellowtai) sashimi

Sushi Ran – Exceptionally Amazing Japanese Cuisine

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Once again, I was in the San Francisco Bay Area and took the time to visit one of my all time favourite sushi restaurants, Sushi Ran in Sausalito. It has been among the highly rated Japanese restaurants in the U.S. and the world and been highly praised by top media outlets in addition to my personal mission to tell the …

Sushi Ran - menu

Sushi Ran – Sushi Bar Exclusives

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Whenever I am in the San Francisco Bay Area, I have to make my mandatory visit to Sushi Ran, my all time favourite Sushi Restaurant in Sausalito. According to Michael Bauer, it os one of the only 3 places to go for great sushi in the San Francisco Bay Area, leading the list for nearly 3 decades. So as usual, I went …

Sushi Ran - dinner chopstick

Sushi Ran – Inspiring Japanese Cuisine

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While being in San Francisco, I usually go to Sushi Ran at least once. Again and again, the restaurant keeps delivering on the highest expectations anyone could have. As the de facto gold standard for premium traditional Japanese cuisine in California, the sushi chefs surprise me every time I go there.

hirame (halibut), kanpachi (amber jack) sashimi

Sushi Ran – Supreme Japanese Cuisine

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Once again I am writing about Sushi Ran, my all time favourite sushi restaurant in the San Francisco Bay Area and certainly one of the very best in the world. Highly praised for many decades, the restaurant keeps setting the de facto standard for upscale and premium Japanese cuisine on the west coast.