I like going to PetSmart, picking out a few fish and when they ask me if I need a tank or food, I just look at them and say, "Nah, I'll just eat it here." and hold up a container of cooked rice.

My arraignment is next week, would anyone like to help me out with some nice letters?
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There is a place called Osaka Sushi in Plano, TX that is to die for! It is an all you can eat place, which sounds sketchy, but they serve top-notch sushi. They also have tons of tempura, and a chowmein station where you can ask the chef to mix in any vegetable or meat you want. I love this place!
http://www.osaka-plano.com/
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I think the best sushi I've had in the States was Ginza in Boston's Chinatown. Locally, we finally got a decent sushi place a few years ago. Before that, you had to go to Albany or Vestal (an hour plus each way). The local place (Tokyo Tavern) trucks their fish up from the city several times a week. It's not quite the same as NY, Philly or Boston, but it's pretty good.
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What's the best you have had outside the States?
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That'd be a tie between a bunch of little hole-in-the-wall places around Tokyo. I took a couple of trips with my martial arts instructor, who had lived in Japan for over 10 years. He knew a lot a places like that. The rest of our group would want to eat at Shakey's or Mickey D's. He knew I loved sushi, so he'd take me to a sushi place he knew (and he seemed to know one in every section of Tokyo). Quite often we'd be the only gaijin (foreigners) in the place.
I got a kick out of the "conveyor-belt" places. The sushi bar was an island with a conveyor belt running around. They would put sushi and sashimi on different color plates (for cost) on the belt. When you saw something you liked, you grabbed the plate. When you were done, you took your stack of plates to the cashier and paid.
Also in Japan, I got to try some types of sushi you just can't get here, like whale and flying fish.
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Japan, you are lucky:-) I'm sure Sushi in the states won't even come close to that in Japan.
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Kihei, Maui you have 2 small places, Koiso & Sushi Paradise. Both are very traditional and very good. Both have great quality of fish for sashimi, very clean.
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Don't get me wrong, I've had some really good sushi here. It was just really cool to have it from "the source." Much more satisfying than the time I got to have authentic pizza in Italy. :-)
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I agree that Osaka is a great buffet sushi place and it is a great deal but if you want the best Dallas has to offer it is hard to beat Sushi Axiom or Tei Tei.
Nobu is also very good but extremely pricey. The place that I eat the most at is Blue Fish in North Dallas: http://www.thebluefishsushi.com/north-dallas
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http://www.sushiyasuda.com/ in NY from what I've heard

http://www.fujijapaneserestaurant.com/ from what I've et
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Vados is a very good bait store in the northern suburbs of St. Paul. :-)
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There was a place near me that has good otoro, mirugai, ama ebi, uni, etc.. once a year on "customer appreciation day" they would have a buffet which included unlimited trips to the sushi bar for 6 pieces of nigiri at a time.. I clocked 11 trips to the sushi bar and each time it was 2 pieces of otoro, 2 pieces of uni, and 2 pieces of mirugai.. 66 pieces of nigiri which on a normal night would have run me about $350

sadly, the good times only lasted a couple years.. :-)
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I've probably been to 6-8 different sushi joints here and to tell the truth, I can't tell any difference, in the basic sushi at least. The differences I see are the atmosphere, the different other kinds of food offered, and the prices. I love it but don't get it as often as I like, sushi either :-)
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Sushi! :-) We have a few places here in town but my favorite local place is called Fulins. http://fulinsclevelandtn.com/ Some of my favorites from other places have been, Tono Sushi in Washington, DC http://www.tonosushi.com/index.php?o...d=46&Itemid=28 (<--They used to have an all you can eat sushi for $45!) and this used to be one of my favorites as well Hokkaido http://www.hokkaidowok.it/. Hearing Japanese people speaking Italian is quite a treat. :-)
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This place has spoiled me. I'm reluctant to even go anywhere else. I'll still try another place from time to time but haven't found anything that comes even close.


My Wife and I enjoy it weekly either dine-in or take-out!

Sapporo Haru

http://www.menupages.com/restaurants...d=11492&page=4
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Odd.. I've lived in DC most of my entire life and never even heard of tono.. must try it at some point.. The usuals in DC for me were always Sushi Taro, Tachibana, and Kotobuki
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I would have to say Nobu's in Schaumburg.
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We have a few in Cincinnati but this place is ggod. http://www.kyotosushibar.com/
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wasabi in asheville nc
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Morimoto in Philly.....unreal good!....he's an "Iron Chef" now but has been doing this for awhile here....$$$$$
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