Shiro’s Sushi
Shiro’s Sushi
If you’ve ever seen the movie “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” and have wanted to go to Tokyo but then realized you can’t, go to Shiro’s! He knows what he is doing! He was trained in Japan and moved to Seattle.
We sat at the sushi bar and each ordered the Omakase (chef’s choice). Basically, you get fed until you say “stop”. We were absolutely amazed at the quality of fish and the fun little twists the chef put on these bite-sized morsels.
Below is a list of what we had, and a few pictures of our favorites!
Albacore belly, Albacore back
Red snapper
Salmon trio: (1) White (albino) Salmon, (2) Salmon with lemon and sea salt, & (3) Salmon with ponzu sauce.
The salmon with lemon was my favorite; The white salmon was underwhelming – it didn’t have the full, fatty taste of regular salmon.
Tuna Quartet: Boston Blue fin tuna – (1) Medium fatty tuna, (2) Tuna with Japanese peppers, (3) Toro & (4) Sake marinated Tuna
Sweet Shrimp, Tempura Shrimp head.
The shrimp was alive (!) just before it was on our plate, it was moving its feelers, eyes and tail. And it was delicious! The tail came raw, and the head was sent to the kitchen to get tempura-battered and fried. YUM!
Yellow tail
Seared Scallop & Geoduck
Geoduck isn’t a duck at all! It’s a very large mollusk, like a big clam.
Uni hand roll – uni from Santa Barbara. The sushi chef called it an “Uni ice cream cone”
I was so very excited for this! (there is a picture showing my excitement, but it’s so blurry because Kevin was super excited too!) It was great, though I’m mostly a purist when it comes to sushi, so I think straight up uni on sushi rice would have been better. I felt I lost the delicate texture of the uni in the handroll with cucumber.
Mackerel – seared, pickled and served with daikon
Seared Squid tentacles & squid body
Alaskan king crab
Sea Eel & Unagi (fresh water eel)
The difference in flavor between the 2 eels was astonishing! But I’m still a big fan of Unagi.
Dessert: Egg omelet with mountain yam
I’ve never ordered the egg at sushi bars. I always felt they were a cop-out, until I tried this egg. It was silky, strangely sweet and a perfect end to the meal! Shiro may have converted me, though now I will be comparing all other egg omelets to Shiro’s!
I really wanted to get more, but my stomach wasn’t going to let me!
The drinks:
I think any drink complements sushi (except perhaps a heavy red wine), but I always go for sake. I love the clean, crisp, mildly fruity taste that cold sakes have. We got 2 different types:
Sake: filtered and unfiltered
Unfiltered sake was my introduction into the sake world – it’s smooth, fruity and floral. Some have a perfect balance of flavors, and some taste like you’ve bitten into a flower arrangement.
The sakes offered at Shiro’s were perfect.
Definitely the best, straight-up sushi place I have ever been to!!!
Thanks, Gregory!!!!