Daiwa Sushi. and some unknown sushi restaurant.
Our last breakfast in Tokyo. Daiwa Sushi, besides Sushi Dai, is the most often recommended sushi restaurant at the Tsukiji fish market.
We got there before 7am and queued for less than 30 minutes to get seats. Penance liked the jolly, rotund chef. Both of us got the 3190yen set, which consisted of about 10 pieces of sushi, with maki and tamago. The sushi here arrived two by two, within split seconds. We took that as a hint that we shouldn’t linger. No wonder the turnover is faster than at Sushi Dai, even despite Dai’s smaller seating space.
Verdict: Penance thinks that Daiwa is slightly better than Sushi Dai; I can’t compare because I didn’t try the same things at both places. However, Sushi Dai has a more relaxed, intimate setting. Sushi comes one by one with long intervals in between, and the chefs chat and laugh with the customers.
After that, Penance headed over to a cheaper sushi joint to try the really expensive items.
a. uni
b. ohtoro
c. hotate and aji
d. sanma
e. ikura
f. aburi toro
Sushi count: 18 pieces of sushi in Penance.