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The Westside is a little...how to put this...sushi schizophrenic. You've got your big names -- Roku, Nobu, fashionable and fantastic, but with a price tag to match. There's Sawtelle - but Sawtelle has problems. Sushi Tenn is pricey, Hide is lackluster. And Sasabune, we just don't get why everyone's aflutter about that one -- all the sushi seems pre-cut! Even Santa Monica's Noma has fallen out of favor, as the sushi has become sub-par.But then there's Echigo. What some people refer to as "minimalist," is merely standard sushi-in-a-mini-mall style (hey wait -- could people mean minimalist as mini-mall-ist?) but that's okay. They're putting the money where our mouth is. They don't even serve miso soup, but the sushi is the best yet on the west side -- they serve salmon with clear seaweed, fabulous crab rolls, succulant freshwater eel. They seem less consistent on the quality of their albacore and yellowtail, but even when they're off, they're definitely passable. They have a small saki menu, but the carafes are huge! Absolutely worth the dough.
We know where to go for sushi. We go to Echigo.
Sushi Echigo, 12217 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
posted by kuaptic. @ 8:18 AM
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