Taka sushi

I was just in San Diego for a couple days, where I felt like having sushi. So I tried out this one: Taka Sushi. Wow! It is highly recommended. The sushi chefs speak Japanese, and there were even a couple of native Japanese businessmen in there, looking just how they look in Tokyo.

The fish is tender and sweet, and served in large, medium-thin slices that overwhelm the rice, just like in Japan. (Only in America do they dwarf the fish with a big-ol' chunk of starch. Real sushi is melt-in-your-mouth fish draped over a small rice patty like a full blanket). You might try the Special Battera sushi if you have the chance.

I sat at the bar, which soon became crowded enough that I had a neighbor. He turned out to be in the insurance business, and ate sushi like he was an expert (although he said he had never been to Japan). I was intrigued that the first thing he asked me about Japan was whether it was challenging for me there as a woman.

Definitely a repeater!