Omakase in Monmouth County NJ?

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@CoachDonna

So my question is not “who has the best sushi”, but who is the best sushi chef where I can sit at the sushi bar and experience his creativity?

@joonjoon

Even if they offer it, an Omakase at a normal local sushi joint just isn’t going to cut it, no one has anything interesting on the menu around these parts.

If you search HO, there are are plenty of posts on the topic of Jersey Sushi and Omakase (or the lack thereof) …

Any good sushi in Monmouth County???

I have tried and searched. Do you have a sushi spot you love or am I doomed to have mediocre sushi for the rest of my NJ life? We were on our way to try Sushi by Kazu in Freehold but last minute diverted to Indian (which was great). Thanks in advance!

Fuku Hazlet- Sushi: a cut above

Have been to Fuku three times now. We always sit at the bar with Chef Mike who is well trained and well versed in gourmet sushi preparations and presentations. The other sushi Chef with him is Chef Dave who owned Osho for many years who is an extremely accomplished sushi chef in his own right. We let Mike make us omakase each time we’ve been there. The first two times were actually really really good with excellent fish/sauce combinations with beautiful plating. The prices were fair for the qu…

Best real Japanese sushi in NJ?

Just moved in from NYC a few months ago and have been surfing chowhound NJ looking for a legitimate sushi place but am coming up empty. I’ve since been introduced to this site and it seems much better than ch. I’m looking for a sushi place where its owner and sushi chef is Japanese and trained extensively in Japan. Sushi is not what most think. It’s not an easy thing where you simply get sushi rice, slice the freshest fish on top, and call it a day… If you do eat sushi with never frozen fish (e…

Taka in Asbury (and other Japanese)

Didnt want to get too specific/narrow, but first question is any reco’s on what to have at Taka, and then more broadly, anything new and interesting around Asbury or relative area for japanese - sushi or otherwise? What to order? Thanks!

A vast majority of the Sushi places in Jersey are run by Fujianese (the dominant Chinese ethnic group in the greater New York area), most of whom have no training in Japan.

What is served is an endless variety of basically 5-6 types of fish (yellow fin, yellow tail, crap stick, salmon, flying fish roe & white tuna) in endless and seemingly similar “signature rolls”. If they have Uni (sea urchin roe) it is well aged, sometimes you may see squid or octopus. Even the places that are actually run by Japanese still feature the same fish sorts, just check menus on line.

The fish sorts in Jersey invariably include ‘white tuna’ or escolar, which actually causes diarrhea, and IMO should be banned from menus.

So in Jersey sushi is more like Kamikaze than Omakase…

@tomt

In my heart of hearts, I think you’ll have to go to NYC for true omakase.

There are a number of really outstanding sushi places in NYC that have decent omakase. You should be prepared to spend at least $ 125 per person and upwards. Yasuda, Nakazawa, Tanoshi, come to mind. Check the web, there are always new ones.