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Japanese food tour LA this weekend
A few places that haven't been mentioned. a foodie of Japanese descent just took us to Hazuki in LIttle Tokyo. A wonderful experience. Having just returned form Tokyo , Osaka adn Nikko, this place was a piece of Japan here in LA. HIghlights: Lotus root slices sandwiched around shrimp and tempured; perfect beef tonkatsu including a very nice yellow hot mustard exactly as served in several places we sampled in Tokyo; soba both hot and cold-- cold with white yam: sashimi sampler that was first rate-medium toro; magaro; halibut; squid; clam. And not unreasonably priced. Japanese rooms available . The specials are in japanese but will be translated for you. Don't be put off by the somewhat run down condition of hte mall it's in. The food was wonderful.
Other favorites-- Nishimura across from the Pacific Design Center on Melrose. One of the premier sushi chefs I have ever tasted. But very expensive;
Hide on Sawtelle in West LA-- cash only- very high quality sushi- tempura as well; the best spicy scallop sushi I have ever had.
