Friday, December 18, 2009

Wa Sushi in West Hollywood

I rank this place way up there as the best sushi I've ever had. I can't forget about dearly beloved, The Hump, but Wa took it to a new level. The sushi chefs twist just about everything they put on the plate. Instead of handing over a traditional tuna sushi, they pass one that's been dusted in sea salt with wasabi under the fish, served with sweet soy sauce. Or the uni, that they serve without a seaweed wrapping and instead with a drizzle of truffle oil on top. And the albacore, that tastes like it's danced on a charcoal grill but shows no evidence of it....that you dip in a housemade ponzu sauce....and melts in your mouth like ice cream. The tweaks are minor but give major results. We ordered:

tuna carppaccio with smoky truffle sauce and cracked red peppercorns
salmon nigiri rolled on top of a thin slice of cucumber with a drizzle of herbed olive oil of some sort
spicy lobster tempura
albacore sushi with ponzu
tuna sushi with sweet soy sauce
uni with truffle oil
toro sushi

we ordered more but I can't remember. it was all too good. La Cienaga and Holloway

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