TOKYO: Sushi Bentomi 寿司弁富

I've always said that Tokyo is my favourite city to be in the whole wide world. There's so many things to do, there's so many things to eat, transportation is top notch, the people are friendly and considerate. Air is good. So many things are organised and aesthetically pleasing. 

Why wasn't I born and raised in Tokyo I wonder?

Everytime when I'm there, I feel like I'm home. 

One of the must dos is to make a trip down to Tsukiji Market when you're in Tokyo. And some people treat going to Sushi Dai or Sushi Daiwa ( check my post out here)  in Tsukiji like a pilgrimage. However, if you have been out and hitting the city till late everynight, HOW TO WAKE UP AT 4am and queue for Sushi Dai / Daiwa? Messing up circadian rhythm you know, which is very very very dangerous ! :p 

At 7am, this is how sushi Dai looks. And this is when signs have been already been put up at 6ish to say the lines have closed. Please stop joining the queue. Or something to that extent.

WTF, Look at the queue already feel like fainting. 

But don't be disappointed, there are still many other sushi joints in Tsukiji which are really good as well. 

An example of one, is Sushi Bentomi, which is just a few doors down from Sushi Dai. Btw, this kaisen don restaurant just beside sushi bentomi as seen in the picture below, Tsukiji Ooedo (大江戸 ) is a seafood bowl specialty store which I also highly recommend. Check out their website here!

There are different sets available, but I always say go for the chef Omakase set (3600yen)

Very good selection. Has my favourite Ikura and Uni and Akagai. There wasn't any Otoro served in this set, but you could always add it as an extra. 

Extremely satisfied after my meal ! :D

Sushi Bentomi 寿司弁富 
5 Chome-2-1 Tsukiji, Chuo, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
Open 5am -1pm everyday except Sunday

TOKYO: Sushi Daiwa

What comes to one's mind when you mention Tokyo?

Apart from the pretty and cute girls, the next thing is SUSHI ! And where's that one place that pops up in your head when you think of sushi?

JIRO !

If Jiro was the first you thought about, I applaud you. You have not lived on this world in vain. BUT we'll leave the Jiro post to when I can FINALLY get a reservation (hopefully soon! Because Jiro is getting old you know..... ) Nonetheless, you can check out my trip to Jiro's son's restaurant in Roppongi. (Click)

Today I'll be blogging about SUSHI DAIWA in Tsukiji Market.  

You ought to be ashamed of yourself if you have been to Tokyo but have not heard or been to Tsukiji. 

There are many sushi restaurants in Tsukiji, and to be honest, I'm sure any of the sushi restaurants you go to, even the chain restaurant Sushi Zanmai ( oh i love sushi zanmai, I never fail to frequent sushi zanmai whenever I fly in in the middle of the night) are really good. But there's 2 restaurants whereby queues are insane and they are Sushi Dai and Sushi Daiwa. Conveniently, there are located a side by side, so if you are in a group of 2 or more, you may divvy up the work maybe some queue for Dai and some queue for Daiwa and see who gets in first :p 

So the reason why sushi Dai and Daiwa are so popular is because they're cheap for the quality of fish they use. It's also compounded by the fact that its just human nature to go for things that have very long queues right? Because long queue = its popular and popular = good? I mean, nobody ever queues for shit food right? :/

We took the first train and reached about 6.30am on a weekday and there were heaps of people in front of us. But we must have had many hungry eaters in front because the queue surprisingly moved really quickly. Only had to queue for half an hour before we got in.

As you can see, it's not a very big area.

Omakase kudasai ~

After the omakase, you have an opportunity to add extra items. I chose to add the akagai (500yen).

I would definitely add more toro and uni the next time I return, in fact maybe ill say Moikkai Onegaishimasu (another round of omakase please) hehe 

Chef KAWAII desu ne ! Gochisosamadeshita!

Doesn't he just look So cute? He looks like a wise smurf, and speaks really cute too. 

I like this chef, just looking at him makes me happy

I would return again or moikkai onegaishimasu just to watch his face  him work his craft 

Lastly,

Thank you Lord, for making tunas exist. Amen.

Thank you Tuna, for dying for me. RIP. 

Sushi Daiwa

Tsukiji Market

opens at 5am