Sushi Saito, very well known sushi restaurant among foodies in japan. This year they also rose up to 2 michelin stars. People come here because the chef is very friendly and the sushi is also very good. Located at Tameike-sanno infront of the American Embassay. It is inside another building so u have to look hard for it.
The chef uses akazu(red vinegar) in his sushi rice and his dinner omakase(20k yen) is abit more expensive than Mizutani.
The fishes are all quite good i would say, the aji(the aoba combo dressing complemented it very well, not overkilling it but subtly enhancing the fish) and the kuruma ebi was i think better than mizutani’s, saito’s prawn had the prawn cake attached . The rice is more to the traditional type but firm nonetheless. The otsumami are also very nice, the ankimo and the octopus tentacles(nikiri, thick soy sauce and sweet) . Also i think i missed out a picture or 2, i was served 2 Uni instead of just one, it was another type of Uni, the one above is the murasaki uni, the other was a bahun uni(resembles the uni nigiri from nogawa, the square and dainty nigiri) . The uni was very good, but a touch less firm than mizutani.. The tamagoyaki was a letdown actually, it was already chilled and didnt quite make it for me. Mizutani’s tamagoyaki is the best i’ve eaten.
I would say the experience would be very good, since it was very relaxed and the place is very small, around 6 seats just directly infront of the counter no corners or anything.
Saito san also speaks a little english, disciple of Kanesaka(Ex Kyubei) when both were at Kyubei. Saito san actually says Kyubei now has no nice fish since it overexpanded, he says one shop is the best.
It might be a better value for lunch, I think omakase might be around 10k+ yen for lunch..
