This weekend, I ate out at two Japanese restaurants: Restaurant Suzuki and Tsukuneya.

Suzuki is closing this week because the landlords raised the rent, and it’s really a shame because it’s a small family-run restaurant (I think) with a lot of loyal customers. It has the yummiest saba.

I like Tsukuneya, but my favorite dishes there are ones that I can make at home. Their dish that I like the best is just a small sushi-like thing that has Korean nori, rice, and chopped up ume.  It’s not even rolled like sushi — it’s just piled up.  There’s nori, then a little rice on top, and then ume on top of that. 😀  The other thing I really like there is grilled onigiri with chicken stock soup.