Japanese restaurants in USA

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   Megu

   • New York City, USA
   • Restaurants › Japanese

   A shrine to both style and substance, this is the place to have all your senses wowed. The space itself is wondrous – various levels of high ceilings, low lighting, Japanese art installations and sleek banquettes – and the food is equally exciting. Lobster salad with yuzu and passion fruit sauce, elegant edamame soup, slippery-fresh sushi and Kobe beef (grilled, carpaccio and tartare ) are stunners. Or go for the gusto with a drawn-out tasting menu, starting with a spoonful of raw ‘egg’: pineapple juice, coconut milk and a yolk-ish filling.

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2. Makoto

   • Washington, DC, USA
   • Restaurants › Japanese

   When we want sushi in the city we often opt for Makoto, simply by dint of it being so classically… Japanese. We probably need to clarify that comment. See, we don’t just mean the staff are Japanese or there’s flute and funny-one-string-guitar music playing in the back (although they are, and there is). It’s that special Japanese attention to detail. The napkins look like origami. The wasabi is fresh grated. You leave your shoes at the door. The geisha – ok, waitresses, but they’re so attentive you’d be forgiven for mixing up the terms – might as well wipe your mouth and hold your hand in the toilet. And the food, needless to say, is excellent. There’s no mucking…

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   Sushi Taro

   • Washington, DC, USA
   • Restaurants › Japanese

   The argument over best sushi in town comes down to this place and Makoto. In some ways, the issue boils down to aesthetics and service – both kitchens seem to (rightly) obsess over serving the finest, freshest fish possible arranged with beautiful sides and garnishes, presented with that attention to detail where the Japanese exist in a league of their own. A quivering bit of fatty tuna comes with a side of wasabi freshly grated from one long stem of Japanese horseradish into slivers of nose-tingling happiness. The tastes have almost mathematical layers of complexity, yet this intricacy is arrived at from the seemingly simple combination of a few fresh ingredients. The…

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   Sushi Hatsu

   • Orlando, USA
   • Restaurants › Japanese

   A Korean-Japanese place that serves excellent kimchee and sushi, and gets several thumbs-up.

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   Imanas Tei

   • Honolulu & Waikiki, USA
   • Restaurants › Japanese

   At this top-rated izakaya (a Japanese pub serving food), enjoy world-class sake while grazing on delectable sushi and crowd-pleasing nabemono (do-it-yourself meat and vegetable soups).

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   Kaz Sushi Bistro

   • Washington, DC, USA
   • Restaurants › Japanese

   Fusing East and West, chef Kaz Okochi presents his own invention, ‘free-style Japanese cuisine.’ The sushi on its own is fresh and flavorful and good enough. Many clever combinations, however, add a certain je ne sais quoi to the traditional tastes .

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   Osaki's

   • Vail, USA
   • Restaurants › Japanese

   There is no finer sushi in all of Vail, and possibly the state of Colorado, than here. Osaki is a star disciple of Nobu Matsuhisa (yes, that Nobu). He worked in the LA restaurant, when Nobu only had one shop, and eventually opened this hole-in-the-wall temple devoted to all that is sweet, tender, raw and holy (we're talking about fish!).

   It's not cheap, but what Vail haunt is? Plus, if you go with one of the combo dinners you'll get out for under $50. And whatever you do, do not leave without tasting the salmon. It's simply spectacular. Osaki offers 30% off rolls in the summer, and reservations are advised in peak season. You'll find it hiding behind Campo de Fiori.

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