Japanese in Miami New Times
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SushiSamba Miami Beach is the less talked about older sister of Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill. It’s a warm and stylish space with a dominant sushi bar occupying the center. The room is so imbued in an orange hue that if Mario Batali ever removed his trademark clogs here, he’d never find them. Michael Bloise (Wish, […]
More than 2,500 miles of land and sea – plus a cultural gulf that’s just as wide – separate Thailand and Japan, so diners have to wonder why the two nations’ cuisines share menu space at Thai House II. An appetizer of “crispy noodles” – slightly crunchy strands loaded with shrimp and scallions and stuck […]
You feel it on your way home from work: the craving, the wanting, the needing. Not only can this counter-service Japanese restaurant satisfy your hunger for raw fish, seaweed salad, and even deep-fried cheesecake, but also it can do it in a split second via the drive-thru, which is left over from when the building […]
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A decade of service on South Beach and still on the cutting edge – literally. Sashimi is tender fare – soft and supple. Enjoy a plethora of the raw fish as chirashi: tuna, salmon, yellowtail, octopus, shrimp, and others lying atop vinegared sushi rice and seaweed. Sushi is topnotch, as is eel sauced with sweet […]
With its sterile, glassed-in views of Biscayne Bay on one side and the kitchen on the other – and nary a hint of Chinese tchotchkes anywhere – the setting of this upscale old-timer (opened in 1991) seems better suited to slick rubber-chicken fundraising dinners than to ethnic eats. But Chan’s is one of Miami’s best […]
Located in the Delano’s chic, club-like lobby, the old Blue Sea is now Umi Sushi & Sake Bar. Don’t worry, though, old faves like the FDR roll (tuna, salmon, yellowtail, and crab in soy paper) and the über-posh Delano roll (poached lobster, Wagyu beef, and black truffle) are still on the menu.
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At this izakaya in North Miami Beach, many of the best dishes begin and end in the deep fryer. Try the crispy pork onion salad, which combines savory deep-fried morsels of pork with sliced cherry tomatoes, radishes, red onions, and sprinkles of bitter watercress. Or opt for the crispy bok choy, served with a garlic-soy […]
Unlike other temples to Japanese food on South Beach, Yoko’s is a relatively humble pioneer that has consistently churned out high-quality staples such as nongreasy tempura, buttery raw fish, seared yakitori chicken skewers, and plump shrimp shumai. Come here for Japanese comfort food like fried pork katsu, barbecue eel, and heaping bowls of udon noodle […]
At Yuga, the idea is for diners to order many dishes and share with a generosity of spirit, but the food is so exceptional it’s difficult to resist the urge to selfishly snare that last petite snippet. The flavors found at Yuga are subtle yet stunning, a dainty but daring calibration of sweet, tart, salty, […]
A spacious and stylish sake lounge, which pours more than 40 kinds of the libation, leads to a lofty, Zen-like dining room composed of glass, stainless steel, granite, stone, and raw Indonesian wood tables. An open kitchen, which blends into the space, prepares small plates of Asian-inspired fare, sushi items, and foods cooked on a […]
