Matsumi is not just my all time favourite Japanese restaurant, it is certainly among the best restaurants on any scale for Japanese dining in Germany, Europe and even the world. For decades it serves as the pillar for excellence and provides about the most authentic experience I could imagine. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the restaurant remained closed for …
Jun Sakamoto – Unmistakable Sushi in São Paulo, Brazil
Jun Sakamoto is a one MICHELIN star restaurant, discreetly hidden at Rua Lisboa 55 in São Paulo, Brazil. Attributed with high quality cooking and excellent menu options, the restaurant is a must for any sushi aficionado in town. It is safe to say, the reputation is well deserved. MICHELIN Guide’s Point Of View: “Thanks to his larger-than-life personality, Leonardo Jun Sakamoto …
OMU – Elegant Japanese Restaurant in Santa Lucia, Napoli
OMU is an elegant Japanese restaurant that opened in Autumn 2018 in Santa Lucia, Napoli. It is located close to the waterfront walk at Via Partenope and is just minutes away from Chiaia, one of the upscale night life areas in town. The restaurant has about 15 tables and offers seated dining only. The interior is dominated by stylish tones …
Sushi Ran – Exceptionally Amazing Japanese Cuisine
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 – Sushi Bar Exclusives
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 …
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 …
Kusakabe – Kaiseki Style Sushi
Kusakabe is a fairly new restaurant in the financial district of San Francisco at 584 Washington St. It opened its doors on June 16, 2014 and is owned and operated by sushi chef Mitsunori Kusakabe, the former sushi chef infamous sushi restaurant Sushi Ran in Sausalito. Kusakabe gained a Michelin Star in 2015 and surely is a remarkable sushi restaurant by …