Eating Sushi

Shrimp & Vegetable Tempura RA Sushi , the stylish sushi restaurant and bar, invited everyone from novice to professional food eaters to enter its inaugural MAKI MADNESS sushi-eating contest on Sunday, March 22, 2009 from 12-5pm. Just as the March Madness phenomenon sweeps the world of NCAA Basketball, MAKI MADNESS is drawing sushi supporters and wasabi warriors from around the area to face-off in this culinary consumption competition. Organized like a bracket system, this sushi-eating contest took place in rounds and heats. MAKI MADNESS eaters gamed against their opponents and a lot of sushi rolls. During the first three rounds, the competitors who demolish ... Read Full Story

Mixed selection of sushi and sashimi at Atariya Atariya is a little hole-in-the-way Japanese sushi place nestled amongst a string of restaurants along James Street, just north of the shopping pulse of Oxford Street. Actually, it’s part of a chain, although I’ve only been to the one on James Street. The great draw card of Atariya is that the sushi is resoundingly fresh. Just ask Jason Atherton, chef of one star Michelin restaurant Maze and his adjoining Maze Grill. I did, when I bumped into him at Atariya last year and got chatting to him. Apparently he’s a bit of a regular for the ... Read Full Story

Address: Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Shop 6162, Ground Floor, Cape Town Tel: 021-4216002 / 4216003 Email: info@slickrestaurants.com Web: www.balduccis.co.za Balducci’s is well known for achieving, if not greedily snapping up, numerous awards in fine wine and exceptional food since 1998. Its sophisticated style, complimented with impressive service-orientated chefs and waiters, certainly does make it a hard one to critique. Balducci's Royal Sushi Bar is situated just outside the main restaurant. Surrounded by familiar cosmopolitan retail stores bustling with activity, it is easy to overlook this upmarket elegantly comfortable "shark cage" as you scurry your way through the shopping mall. The Sushi Bar is definitely ... Read Full Story

At SushiKBar we strive to focus on creating Sushi that not only makes our customers happy and satisfied but will also make us proud. When we started in 2006 we knew hat we wanted to create the best sushi in the world. Of course, those are big dreams that we feel we are pretty close to achieving. So how do we do it? We understand the importance of a few key points. Creating great tasting food using the finest, freshest ingredients This is probably one of our most important key points. Who wants sushi that's been frozen and re-processed? Sushi was made to simply ... Read Full Story

RA Sushi's "Viva Las Vegas Roll" Photo by Andrew Lemmo Calling all competitive eaters! RA Sushi, the stylish sushi restaurant and bar, invites everyone from novice to professional food eaters to enter its inaugural MAKI MADNESS sushi-eating contest on Sunday, March 22, 2009 from 12-5pm. Just as the March Madness phenomenon sweeps the world of NCAA Basketball, MAKI MADNESS is drawing sushi supporters and wasabi warriors from around the area to face-off in this culinary consumption competition. Organized like a bracket system, this sushi-eating contest will take place in rounds and heats. MAKI MADNESS eaters will be gaming against their opponents and a lot ... Read Full Story

Photo courtosy: Ra Suhi Executive Chef of RA Sushi , Tai Obata draws upon his rich culinary background and applies his passion for superior cuisine to achieve perfection in every dish he creates. Raising the bar for sushi restaurants across the country, Tai gained extensive experience developing his skills under world-renowned sushi chefs in Japan, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. In addition to RA, his career highlights include work with restaurants such as Japan’s Hamasaku, as well as the esteemed Hatsuhana in Chicago. His passion began to develop at the age of four in Kagoshima, Japan, helping his grandmother in the ... Read Full Story

Photo courtosy: Ra Suhi Executive Chef of RA Sushi , Tai Obata draws upon his rich culinary background and applies his passion for superior cuisine to achieve perfection in every dish he creates. Raising the bar for sushi restaurants across the country, Tai gained extensive experience developing his skills under world-renowned sushi chefs in Japan, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. In addition to RA, his career highlights include work with restaurants such as Japan’s Hamasaku, as well as the esteemed Hatsuhana in Chicago. His passion began to develop at the age of four in Kagoshima, Japan, helping his grandmother in the ... Read Full Story