Noshing at Tokyo GoGo
Perhaps ahead of the Japanese Izakaya small plates trend in San Francisco, Tokyo GoGo in the Mission has been open since 1998 serving sushi and fusion food in a J-Pop […]
Perhaps ahead of the Japanese Izakaya small plates trend in San Francisco, Tokyo GoGo in the Mission has been open since 1998 serving sushi and fusion food in a J-Pop […]
Chef-Owner Nobu Iwahashi of Shalala sensed an opportunity to bring his Ramen expertise to Santa Clara and recently opened Kotetsu Ramen. He took over the Menta Ramen space and brought […]
Kappo style Japanese food seems to have two meanings: fine cuisine served over a counter sitting face to face with a chef, or the chef’s ability to master the preparation […]
Bushido Izakaya in Mt. View recently switched to a new executive chef from Ki Sushi, Isamu Kanai, who has a lot of experience working in restaurants in Japan and San […]
Morimoto’s Waikiki, located in the Modern Hotel (formerly the Edition), has a menu that is very similar to their other outposts in Napa and New York (click here to view […]
The 2nd annual Hawaii Food and Wine Festival happened to be in Oahu the same time we were there, so we decided to attend one of the sessions. Not big […]
Castro St. in downtown Mt. View is home to three ramen noodle places: Ryowa, Maruichi and Shalala. They each have their own specialty ramen, but Shalala Chef-Owner Nobu Iwahashi has […]
Hachi Japanese Sushi and Sake Lounge in Mountain View is truly perplexing. It’s located in a very mini-strip mall on El Camino Real behind a bigger strip mall complex, the […]
Howard Arita was more than just a Sushi chef, he was a long term relationship that fed me with some of the best Japanese food on this side of the […]