Sushian Saito -Sushi@Numazu- Izu Gourmet Guide

Sushian Saito is a small restaurant with only one room and 8 counter seats.
It is situated among the many sushi restaurants in and around Numazu Port and is in the mid-range of price.
The sushi chef looks like a pro wrestler tough guy but displays remarkable finesse in his creations.
His appearance is somewhat intimidating and made me sit up straight and made it hard to relax.

The signature dish is a squid tube filled with sushi rice, seaweed and sea urchin which was my first dish.
The textures of the slightly chewy squid, soft creamy sea urchin, rice and seaweed really complemented each other and made this dish delicious.
Next was abalone steak served in a soy sauce and sweet rice wine sauce. It was presented in the shell and was suprisingly tender and soft unlike most abalone I have tried.
It left me wanting more but I knew that I had many more dishes to come.

After that was a very artistic "shellfish" sushi that looked so good I didn't want to eat it.
I had been looking forward to trying this for a long time and it was very fresh and delicious.
Next was horse mackerel sushi almost in the shape of a ball so that you could not see the rice.
The fish pieces were quite big and fat and tasted fresh and like the sea.
After that was "Kinmedai" sushi that had the skin roasted so that it was hot and crispy and contrasted with the cold and delicate flesh.
It tasted superb and we were in raptures about it but this didn't get a comment or even a sushi from the stern faced sushi chef.
Next was "O toro" which is the fatty belly meat of tuna.
It was pastically cooked and tasted suprisingly like beaf steak and was nowhere near as good as the previous dish partially.

After that we had some very large cooked shrimp sushi and the rice was larger to match.
It was very good and made up for the slightly disappointing "o toro" dish before.
The last dish was egg sushi that was about 3 times the normal size.
It was a little too sweet for my liking.

This shop's sushi is very artistic so the presentation is excellent.
It also tastes great and is excellent value for money so I would highly recommend it.

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Sushian Saito
Address:47-2,Kasuga-cho, Numazu
Tel:+81-55-963-1234
http://gourmet.gyao.jp/0003009101/
Budget: 5,000 yen
Open:11:30am～9:00pm
Closed:Thu.
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