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Giappo Sushi Bar – Quick Sushi Bites in Chiaia, Napoli

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The Giappo Sushi Bar is located in the heart of Chiaia, Napoli. At the very heart of Napoli’s nightlife area in Vico Belledonne a Chiaia the tiny restaurant serves sushi 7 days a week. As part of a chain, It is one of 11 similar sushi restaurants in Italy, 9 of them in the Campania region, and seems to be a uniquely …

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.

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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 …

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. 

hon maguro (bluefin tuna) sashimi

Sushi Ran – One Of Its Kind

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Whenever I am in the San Francisco Bay Area, I go to Sushi Ran at least one time. More often than not I wish I could go there any other day. I truly believe the all time classic Japanese restaurant to be one of the very best restaurants in the world. So once again, I share some photos from one …

shima aji (stripped jack, white trevally) sashimi

Akiko’s Restaurant – Truly Remarkable Japanese Cuisine

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Akiko’s Restaurant is a tiny restaurant with maybe 30 seats in total. It’s very popular and a true sushi classic in the Bay Area as I told you before. As a restaurant on my shortlist of the most amazing sushi restaurant in the world, I tend to go here whenever I am in San Francisco. This time I went here with …

sake toro (salmon belly), maguro (tuna), aji (horse mackerel) nigiri

Sushi E – The Go To Sushi Bar in Downtown Sydney

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Sushi E is an upscale sushi bar & restaurant located at the Merivale, a former fashion house in the CBD in Sydney. The actual sushi bar is made of a huge one piece marble block, making it a truly unique setup I have never seen anywhere else. The restaurant is located adjacent to the chic Hemmesphere cocktail lounge, allowing access …

sake (salmon), maguro (tuna), hamachi (yellowtail), hotategai (scallop), kaki (winter oyster) sashimi

Cho Cho San – Upscale Japanese Cuisine

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Cho Cho San is a rather posh and upscale restaurant in Potts Point, Sydney, catering to the trendy crown. It claims to be an authentic Tokyo izakaya style restaurant and certainly delivers in terms of a very reduced and simply design concept. It is the sister restaurant to The Apollo, the definitely best greek restaurant I have been to in …