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| - Tried Toyama for the first time this weekend. After hearing many good things about it, decided it was finally time to try it. Sat at the sushi bar with Giro...who was awesome, friendly, and always willing to offer his suggestions on what was best that night. I'm such a snob when it comes to sushi, if its not the freshest fish possible, I don't like it. Toyama by far has some of the freshest and highest quality fish I've had in AZ. I used to live in LA and got spoiled by the surplus of fresh fish.....Toyama reminded me of the fish I could only get in CA.
We had:
-Sake (Salmon nigiri)
-Tai (Red Snapper nigiri)
-Albacore nigiri
-Tobiko nigiri w/ Quail Egg
-White Fish Carpaccio
-Scallops Dynamite
-Negihama Roll (Yellowtail w/ Scallions)
-Crazy Unagi Roll
Without getting too detailed, I can just safely say every item we had was outstanding. The nigiri melted in your mouth...the Tai was easily the best I've ever tasted, along with the Salmon. Something as common as salmon, you would think ok...big deal, but no....it was amazing here. Another semi-common dish, the Scallops Dynamite, was so incredible we ordered a second round after eating the first. Huge chunks of fresh scallops, mixed in with mushrooms, baked in a Japanese mayo sauce (which they make in house). The sauce that results after baking is so good I could drink it through a straw! Another recommendation....get some chopped wasabi along with your sushi....its delicious bits of real Japanese wasabi that have been pickled. So good I end up eating all of it by itself.
As far as pricing...in my opinion Toyama is a steal. I've had more expensive meals at places like Sushi Brokers, with crappy fish to boot. For the quality of fish and care taken in preparation...Toyama's prices really are reasonable and worth every penny. Lucky for me I live right down the road from it.....looks like I found my new neighborhood sushi joint :).
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