kanpachi (amber jack), maguro (bluefin tuna back), sake (salmon) sashimi

Matsumi – A Truly Authentic Japanese Restaurant

Matsumi  is a very unique Japanese restaurant in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 1982 it was targeted at the Japanese community in Hamburg and has since evolved into a highly praised and internationally awarded restaurant catering to guests from all around the world. Hideaki Morita (the executive sushi chef) and Petra Garling took over the restaurant in 1998 and focus on …

shima aji (stripped jack, white trevally) sashimi

Akiko’s Restaurant – Truly Remarkable Japanese Cuisine

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 …