Sushi Zo

Tonight, my friend John took my gfs and I to a sushi joint over in Palms claiming it to be the best sushi in the U.S. Apparently all the fish is imported from Tokyo and other parts of the world. And well, I must say… it was pretty freakin’ delicious.

I’m very picky and I don’t eat a lot of things. This restaurant is cool cuz’ you don’t actually order from a menu. What they do is they go around and ask what you DON’T eat. Mine kinda went something like this:

Me: I don’t eat any shellfish…

SZ: Oh, so no oyster? Clam?

Me: No.

SZ: Octopus? Squid?

Me: No… and no sea urchin…

SZ: Scallop?

Me: No.

SZ: Salmon egg?

Me: No…

SZ: Is mackerel ok?

Me: Uh… (while looking at Arden… Arden nods and says I’ll like it)… OK…

SZ: Ok, so just swimming fish then?

Me: Haha, yah.

SZ: Sea eel?

Me: That’s ok, too.

(probably would’ve been easier to just say what I would eat)

Anyway, after they took our “un-orders,” we ordered some hot tea and sake to share. Then the waitress started bringing out single serving dishes one fish at a time.

Wow, fish is GOOD there. And if you like albacore… you will LOVE this place (I love albacore). This is the type of place that does NOT give you wasabi and they discourage you from using soy sauce (or they’ll tell you if you should use it for certain dishes). John pretty much said they’ve got a sushi nazi there, so if they even see you using soy sauce on something you’re not supposed to… they’ll kick you out (not sure if he was exaggerating). Sake and ginger in between the different dishes was great, too.

All the fish I had was of high quality… extremely tender and not fishy. I gotta say though, I think I’ve had better toro… but everything was consistently good. Albacore=YUM, salmon=YUM, a buncha other fish I don’t know what they were=YUM, eel=YUM, butterfish was just ok (I personally think the butterfish at SAKETINI is the best!). And for all you peeps who eat all the stuff I don’t eat, I heard the scallop is really good there.

Man. I feel like there should be pictures with this blog. Boo… I really need a camera…

Sushi Zo

9824 National Blvd. Unit C

Los Angeles, CA 90034

(310) 842-3977

P.S. - Another great sushi joint (which might be more affordable) is Echigo… I’ll have to go back there and compare sometime…