Food and drinks
- Alcohol Served
- Beer available
- Wine available
- Lunch menu available
- Dinner menu available
- Dessert available
01 / ABOUT THE PLACE
About this place
Abalone is briefly swished in kombu broth and liver soy sauce; afterwards, sea urchin and sushi rice are added to the remaining broth to make a porridge. Several diners have singled out this dish from the omakase at Sushi Tsukiuda as a memorable finish that differs from sushi. The menu describes bite-sized abalone served with liver soy sauce made from kombu broth and abalone liver. It is a course that makes the broth part of the experience, rather than treating abalone only as sushi topping. One visitor writes that sea urchin and rice were added after the abalone, creating something like risotto or rice porridge. This warm dish is one of the distinctive touches in an omakase that also puts sushi centre stage.
Small dishes and sushi may alternate during the first part of the course. In one account of an evening meal, the sequence began with simmered octopus and black turban shell; the flounder came with irizake, a plum-inflected seasoning, and the seared mackerel was served as a hand roll wrapped in nori. The hand roll brings together the mackerel’s smoky flavour, seaweed and rice in a different way from nigiri. Other dishes and sushi add further variation to the pace of the meal. According to the menu, the kuruma prawn is selected at around 35 g each and cooked for about 1 minutes, leaving it partly raw. Diners have also remarked on its sweetness while still warm and its pleasantly firm texture. Examples of the final nigiri include lightly cured kohada and conger eel from Tsushima, Nagasaki. The eel is seasoned with a sweetish glaze. After enjoying the small dishes, part of the appeal of choosing omakase is anticipating which pieces of sushi will follow.
Japanese sake and wine are among the drinks listed. White wine options include Koshu from Katsunuma in Yamanashi and Chablis from Burgundy, France, offering choices for diners who want to pair wine with sushi. A lunch course featuring 4 small dishes and 8 pieces of sushi is listed. It may suit a leisurely omakase meal at lunchtime. Another lunch course is noted as requiring a reservation by the previous day, so check the details and availability when booking.
A visitor account describes the counter as the main seating, with a private room also available, making it a possible choice for a relaxed meal or a small gathering. Courses can be reserved, and reservations are recommended for both lunch and dinner.
