The Hungry (Greedy) Hippo: Tatsu Sushi

Friday, June 18, 2010

Tatsu Sushi - A Tribute to E

I have a friend whom I absolutely trust unreservedly when it comes to eating Japanese. Not only because he has lived in Tokyo for 5 years, but he is also extremely particular when it comes to quality food. So when we met up for dinner some time back and he suggested Tatsu at Chijmes, I knew better than to question his choice. I also left all the ordering up to him : )

The standard appetiser of carrot and other veggies in sweet soy

Negi-toro maki ($12). This was surprisingly delicious - the seaweed was crisp, with the flavour of the negi-toro bits coming out really well against the lightly vinegared sushi rice.

Maguro yamakake ($12). Decent but not terribly exciting. I thought that the grated yam went better with soba.

Superb sashimi moriawase that cost us $70. we had maguro, flounder, salmon, hamachi and there was also more shima aji (horse mackeral) at the request of my friend. The fish was beautifully fresh. The pieces of fish to the left with a slightly brownish tinge was swordfish that had been marinated in soy - this was most interesting.

Our dipping sauce - how fragrant!

The flounder came with a ponzu dipping sauce - it went better with the fish, compared to the soy.

We also had half a shimi aji head each (total cost $24). The shima aji kama yaki was really delicious - the sweet soy broth with the daikon was extremely tasty. For someone who doesn't eat fish head, this was a remarkable experience (I gave E all the eyes that I could find).