Nori Maki

Behold! A sushi restaurant with high-quality fish, a handsome room and an affordable price-tag. Nori Maki might be the perfect middle ground for fans of raw seafood. The focus is on hand rolls – not the tightly rolled, premade kind, but a looser formation using premium nori wrappers and less rice.

Beyond the standard salmon/kingfish/tuna options, find snapper that’s bracingly fresh and firm. Raw prawn, its sweet flesh almost creamy, is accompanied by soy and frizzled onion. The “CholesteRoll” packs in monkfish liver, toro and salmon roe. Sit around the horseshoe-shaped bar and watch chefs prepare your rolls, ordered a la carte or in one of four omakase menus.

There are few other choices: just what style of sake you’d like, and whether to add chawanmushi with eel and crab hidden in its silky depths. Hardly a question at all.

Best for: A date where you want a luxe setting and a little theatre, but you don’t want to break the bank.

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