Located a few doors down from People 7 and Nepali Kitchen, the resturant is hidden in a narrow alleyway with little lights on the ground. Inside, it's a huge, industrial feeling loft space. The sushi bar/open kitchen is on the first floor, while tables are sparsely placed on the first and 2nd floor. The dishes needless to say are on the pricey side. But with the kind of cool food presentation and atmosphere in there, you wouldn't mind. Oh, like in People 7, don't forget to check out the bathrooms.
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Ok, if you love tonkatsu (Japanese style battered pork chop over rice), then you should try to find this place. My friend's hubby is Japanese so that's how we know the place. It's on the stretch of JiaoZhou Rd between YuYuan Rd and Beijing Rd. It's got no Chinese or English sign and it's puny shop with less than 10 tables and full of Japanese business men (read: smoke). The menu is only in Japanese too, except one of the waitresses speak Chinese (and maybe English?). Anyways, just point to the first item on the first page of the menu, which is the tonkatsu. There's a question of whether you want leaner or fatter meat --- either one is delicious. If you can make out the other items in Japanese on the menu, I'm sure they're pretty yummy too (let me know what they are too).
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If you want quality sashimi and sushi, this Japanese seafood trading company owned restaurant has the best toro in Shanghai. You forget what good fish is supposed to taste like after eating at those buffet style Japanese places. The original location on HuaShan Rd is tucked away in a service apartment hotel building on the 2nd floor, but you should go here instead of their newer locations because the food seems to be more authentic. At $250RMB/set menu includes 3 kinds of otoro, chutoro, and marinated toro sashimi, chirashi, and a hotpot with crabs, veggies, tofu, etc. it finishes with an ice cream as dessert. I'm not a big fan of crabs so it's really the toro that does it for me.
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