Chef-owner Tomoharu Nakamura's driftwood-paneled bistro is as quirkily San Franciscan as the bonsai grove at the nearby Japanese Tea Garden. Each omakase (chef's choice) dish is a miniature marvel of Japanese seafood with a California accent – Santa Cruz abalone nigiri (sushi), seared tuna belly with California caviar, crab mushimono (steamed crab) with yuzu grown by a neighbor. Domo arigato (thanks very much), dude.
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