ika (squid) nigiri

Urubamba – Peruvian Japanese Fusion Cuisine in Chiaia, Napoli

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Urubamba is a Peruvian Japanese fusion restaurant close to the Villa Communale in China, Napoli. It opened recently and caters to the upscale clientele in the posh neighbourhood with excellent menu options and a stylish decor with a large windows front, offering nice views over the promenade. Among the many sushi restaurant around, it seems very popular which is why …

maguro (tuna back), hotategai (scallop), sake (salmon), ibodai (butterfish), ebi (shrimp), hamachi (yellowtail) sashimi plate

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – Superior Sushi in Chiaia, Napoli

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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a hip and busy sushi restaurant in Napoli’s vibrant quarter Chiaia. With a dark an stylish interior design it caters to the fancy crowd and is well frequented both during the week and on weekends. For desired seating, reservations are in order. Still, since the restaurant is quite large, spontanous guest may also find some …

suzuki (sea bass), ibodai (butterfish), sake (salmon) sashimi bowl

Samurai Sushi – Ristorante Giapponese Samurai

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Ristorante Giapponese Samurai is an all you can eat sushi restaurant in Chiaia, Napoli. It is a two story restaurant with stylish interior and iPad based ordering system that offers lunch and dinner at fixed prices. Although usually all you can eat restaurants are not among the better restaurants for sushi, Samurai Sushi is an exception. Considering the competitive pricing, …

maguro (bluefin tuna back), sake (salmon), ama ebi (sweet shrimp), ika (squid), hamachi (yellowtai), chu toro (bluefin medium fatty tuna belly), akamutsu (seaperch) sashimi

Matsumi – The Japanese restaurant of choice

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Matsumi, the Japanese restaurant of choice in Hamburg, Germany, is located within the Alster Colonnaden close to the Alster river in the heart of Hamburg’s central business district. The uniquely designed Japanese restaurant provides a most authentic atmosphere and is open for lunch and dinner from Tuesday to Saturday. As it has been infamous for many years, reservations are in order.

sake (salmon) sashimi

ManThei Sushi – Restaurant and Sushitaxi in Duesseldorf

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ManThei is a small sushi restaurant in Düsseldorf that also offers both catering and delivery options. Delivery seems to be a major part of the business as they advertise themselves as the sushi taxi. Despite usual scepticism about sushi delivery services, I tried them out because of their very good reputation among the fierce competition of Japanese restaurants in Düsseldorf.

ika (squid) nigiri

Yao Sushi – Casual Sushi Bar in Chiaia, Napoli

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Yao Sushi is a casual sushi bar located in the posh quarter of Chiaia in Napoli. It offers Japanese cuisine as catering service as well as for take away and dine in. Although the restaurants has two floors, seats are very limited. There are various sushi restaurants to choose from in Chiaia and Napoli in general, but Yao Sushi has …

ika (squid), ama ebi (sweet shrimp) sashimi

Matsumi in Hamburg – One of the best Japanese restaurants around

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Matsumi is considered to be one of the very best Japanese restaurants around. Ever since the early 1980ies it has been catering not only to the Japanese community in Hamburg but to patrons from all around the world. The infamous sushi bar offers close to 50 different varieties of sushi and sashimi dishes and is absolutely one of its kind.

maguro (tuna) with kappa (cucumber) maki inside out

Dox at Hyatt Regency Düsseldorf

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DOX is the in-house restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany. The upscale 5-star hotel is located in the city’s vibrant media harbour and offers not only one of the best places to stay in the city but an alternative to the many Japanese restaurants in town. With the largest Japanese community in Germany calling Düsseldorf their home, …

omakase fish preparation

Sushiya – Glorious Sushi Bar in Tokyo.

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How long after you try something amazing, do you forget about it? I’m writing this almost one year after we visited Sushiya in Tokyo, and I still remember the taste, the tenderness, the aroma of the otoro as if I was there, touching it. The same neurons that were firing up in my brain are making me salivate again today.