Fuki Sushi – Supreme Japanese Cuisine in Palo Alto, California

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 a very individual and cozy feel.

Amazing Sushi

The menu is extensive and offers everything I could hope for. I started with a moriawase sashimi plate that came with maguro (bluefin tuna back), tai (sea beam), hamachi (yellowtail), sake (salmon), hotategai (scallop) with ikura (salmon roe) topping and ika (squid). I also had some katsuo (bonito fish) sashimi, kappa (cucumber), shitake (forest mushrooms), sake (salmon) with cream cheese and seared maguro (bluefin tuna back) with ikura (salmon roe). The sake and tuna was very good, gut I especially enjoyed the hotategai and the katsuo.

maguro (bluefin tuna back), tai (sea beam), hamachi (yellowtail), sake (salmon), hotategai (scallop) with ikura (salmon roe), ika (squid) sashimi plate

maguro (bluefin tuna), tai (sea beam) sashimi

hamachi (yellowtail), sake (salmon) sashimi

hotategai (scallop) with ikura (salmon roe) sashimi

katsuo (bonito) sashimi

kappa (cucumber)

maguro (bluefin tuna back) with ikura (salmon roe)

sake (salmon) with cream cheese

shitake (forest mushrooms)

As the menu had so many amazing options to chose from, I tried some more nigiri specialties. I was especially amazed by the toro (bluefin fatty tuna belly), the hamachi toro (yellowtail belly) and sake toro (salmon belly). The ika (squid) and unagi (freshwater eel) was also great but was easily outperformed by the madai (red sea bream) and katsuo (skipjack tuna) nigiri. All in all, it was amazing and difficult to name a clear dominant winner.

toro (bluefin fatty tuna belly), hamachi toro (yelllowtail belly), ika (squid), sake toro (salmon belly), unagi (freshwater eel) nigiri plate

toro (bluefin fatty tuna belly) nigiri

hamachi toro (yellowtail belly), ika (squid) nigiri

ika (squid), sake toro (fire salmon belly) nigiri

sake toro (fire salmon belly), unagi (freshwater eel) nigiri

unagi (freshwater eel) nigiri

madai (red seabream), hamachi toro (yellowtail belly), toro (bluefin fatty tuna bell), katsuo (skipjack tuna) nigiri plate

toro (bluefin fatty tuna belly), katsuo (skipjack tuna) nigiri

katsuo (skipjack tuna) nigiri

Sushi Guide Verdict

Fuki Sushi is a one of its kind sushi restaurant. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley it has been around for decades and lives up to is reputation. The atmosphere is very authentic and cozy, providing an ideal setting for a night out. The menu options are extensive and cover anything one could hope for. The food quality and taste is outstanding and absolutely amazing. The drink menu is ok and typical for a restaurant of this esteem. The service was also perfect. The team was and welcoming and made my visit a experience to remembered.

Review date: June 6, 2018