Tasty uni ikura don from Sushi Zanmai @ Tsukiji Market, Tokyo

Tsukiji market in Tokyo is a one stop centre where you can find the best and freshest raw seafood. One of the attraction dish here is uni ikura don which combined two best melt in your mouth delicacy which is sea urchin and fish roe (red caviar) on top of cooked rice. The firm globes of salty salmon roe complement well with the rich and softness of sea urchin. There are many variation of rice bowl available in the market but I found uni ikura don offers the best flavour.

Taste:10/10(Excellent. Fresh fish roe and melt in your mouth sea urchin. Adequate flavour on the rice with slight sourness of vinegar and the sea urchin taste sweet).
Price:3/10(Expensive. The rice bowl priced at 2,800 Yen).


Rice bowl with a lot of caviar.

Uni ikura don. Sea urchin and fish roe rice bowl. I like the popping juicy fish roe.


Fresh fish roe.

I eat it from this Sushi Zanmai shop in Tsukiji market.

GPS/Coordinate: 35.665316, 139.770458
Address: 4-4-3 Tsukiji, Chuo 104-0045, Tokyo Prefecture
Public transport: Tsukiji station on Hibiya line Tokyo metro or Tsukijishijo station on Toei Oedo line.

Freshest sushi at Daiwa Sushi @ Tsukiji Market, Tokyo

Daiwa sushi is one of the famous sushi shop serving freshest sushi outside the Tsukiji fish market. Daiwa sushi always rank second behind sushi Dai in term of sushi quality in any review that you can find online. I decided to try out Daiwa sushi to know the difference of sushi taste compared to other sushi restaurant within Tokyo. They have no line when I arrived around 11.00am compared to Sushi Dai which still have long queue. The sushi prepared were so fresh and the chef put the correct amount of wasabi and soy sauce on the sushi. The taste were perfect. I am fortunate to have the old chef sushi master to prepare my meal. The sushi prepared were well balanced in term of fish thickness, rice quantity, soy sauce and wasabi. Sea urchin here were surprisingly sweet unlike some which are bitter. The seat inside the restaurant were extremely cramped and do prepared for it.

Taste:10/10(Excellent. The sushi were very fresh and the taste is different when compared to normal sushi restaurant. The secret is probably the sushi were made on the spot and the correct amount of wasabi and soy sauce were added by sushi chef. This way you can ensure that the correct amount of wasabi and soy sauce were used. I noticed that the squid sushi were extremely buttery and creamy taste unlike some other places which are rubbery).
Price:2/10(Expensive. The restaurant does not accept credit cards and make sure you have enough cash. Their omakase set - chef choice price at 3,500 Yen. Their sushi price is higher than their competitor sushi Dai their omakase only have 10 pieces of sushi compared to sushi Dai 12 pieces).


Busy restaurants outside Tsukiji market.

Get a seat in Daiwa sushi restaurant. I ordered the 3,500 Yen omakase sushi set.

Omakase sushi set start with 3 pieces of premium sushi.

Sushi Zanmai @ Akihabara, Tokyo

This is my third round of sushi in Japan. Coming to Japan is all about trying fresh seafood and rare stuff. I did read about the favourable review of Sushi Zanmai of Akihabara. This restaurant located at 8th floor of Yodobashi camera.

Taste:8/10(Good. The sushi don't look that appealing when compared to other sushi restaurant in Tokyo. However, the taste is still above average).
Price:4/10(Near expensive. I found out the price at this restaurant is much higher compared to other sushi restaurant that I went to in Tokyo. The meal shown below cost around 2000 Yen and the most expensive dish is sea urchin).


My favourite sea urchin sushi.

A kind of squid sushi.

I not sure what bean is that. So sticky. They combine the bean with minced raw fish meat.

Totally green algae sushi. I just give it a try. I don't like it.

A kind of squid type seafood sushi.

Fish sushi.

Belly salmon sushi. Good.

This is their business card. If you can read Japanese, the location and phone number as stated.

Location: 8th Floor Yodobashi Camera, Akihabara, Tokyo.
GPS: 35.698551,139.775032