WARNING: do not reply to this post directly. In order to find my real email address, you'll have to untie it. After my last trip to Sushi A-Float on Shattuck at University in Berkeley, I was pretty disappointed. I know that the chefs have changed - it's a bad sign when nobody behind a sushi bar understands you when you order in Japanese - but has the management changed too? The sushi was a lot smaller and cut thinner than it used to be. They are using cheap, rubbery domestic squid sliced in umpteen places to tenderize it instead of real ika. In short, the sushi truly sucked there, and that's a first time experience for me. My previous visits there have been very satisfactory over the years. Do the rest of you ba.foodies figure I caught the place on a bad day, or is this the new state of things over there? I'm not inclined to go back as it stands now; I think I'll switch my favorite sushi boat grazing spot to Isobune instead. Regards, Tanith *************************************************************************** In the mood for food? Visit the Bay Gourmet site, where you'll find serious food writing, Bay area culinary resources, foodie FAQ's, restaurant reviews, Iron Chef fandom, wine tasting notes and food humor. Featuring the "Cheftalk" columns and the ever-popular Anal Retentive Gourmet. Say, do you think there should be a hyphen in that? http://members.tripod.com/~BayGourmet/ ****************************************************************************
San Francisco, CA
Sushi A-Float in Berkeley - quality nosedive?
David S. wrote: >To balance the vibes in this post, Tachibana just down College Ave. is pretty >good -- some of the fish was very, very good, and all was at least OK. >Kabocha, >also nearby, has interestingly prepared fish dinners (cooked, not sushi), and >a >selection of sakes. No, neither of those places have boats. This is a good >thing. Oh, and my wife, who works in Berkeley, recommends Party Sushi. It's >more like Isobune in that it's casual, although not (I believe) afloat. For more good non-floating sushi in Rockridge, don't forget Uzen (further down toward Broadway, near the Library). ------------ Schacht & Associates Oakland, California 510-654-0545 [email removed]
WARNING: do not reply to this post directly. In order to find my real email address, you'll have to take the straight and narrow path instead. Someone wrote: : I've never been to Sushi A-Float, but the two times I went to Isobune : it was pretty bad. It can't really compare with Kirala or Banzai. The one in San Francisco in Japan Center isn't bad at all, or it didn't used to be. The one on College in Oakland isn't bad if you can get the chef's attention and order directly from him. Of course, once you take the time to do that, you might as well go to a regular sushi bar. I've been enjoying Miyuki on Solano Avenue in Albany lately. Very decent spot, and rarely crowded early in the evening, so you can get the chef almost to yourself if you show up when they open at 5:30. : Or am I missing something? I have appreciated and enjoyed your previous : posts, and was quite surprised you'd eat at a boat place. I'm a gourmet, not a total snob. ;) When I want a fast, simple, light meal, sushi boat works fine for me. Something I'm very seriously wondering about: why have I seen no female sushi chefs in all my years of eating at Japanese restaurants? Curious, Tanith *************************************************************************** "Gourmandise is an impassioned, rational and habitual preference for all objects that flatter the sense of taste." - Jean Antheleme Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste ****************************************************************************