Mid Week at Kashiwa

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Met friends at the sushi bar at Kashiwa in Signal Hill for dinner. kashiwajc.com,  Most of us ordered the Omakase dinner.  12 pieces of sushi for $45. Bargain for good sushi. Dinner was served as 3 pieces of sushi per plate and a total of 4 plates. We started out with a seafood salad that was very similar to Poke. Excellent flavor and as always the fish was the freshest it could be. Then a cucumber salad, very thinly sliced slices of small cucumber marinated in rice vinegar. Next were were served a bowl of Miso and after that the sushi started arriving. 

First plate had  a tuna from Spain, Salmon belly and Kamachi.  Second plate was Stripe Jack, Amber Jack and Scottish trout. Third plate was Snapper, Halibut and Toro. Last was the Uni,  Pompano and Scallop.  All  exceedingly fresh and full of flavor.

Followed by hot tea and fresh orange slices which were very sweet and palate cleansing. I had a half bottle of sake with my dinner. A few opted for beer. No wine at all was ordered. Not even sure if they have wine on the menu.

Kashiwa's owners name is Kei and he is the one who opened  Kinokawa in Long Beach years ago. He sold that place and opened Kashiwa about 5 years ago. Besides sushi they do serve other traditional Japanese dishes for the non fish people. But the sushi is the star here.