For my February 2018 meal at Sushi Suzuki, my hotel concierge assisted to make the reservation in January 2018. And I was pre-informed that the omakase course would cost about ¥30,000. And for my 7pm appointment, I managed to arrive at the restaurant punctually although I was slightly thrown off-guard by Google map. For some odd reason, Google map directed me to the smaller road behind the building when one should really enter the building from the main road.

Seats were pre-arranged. I was led to sit between pairs of men dressed in suit and engaged in some pretty serious conversation (by the tone of their voices). Guessed they must have come for dinner after work. And the ambience at Sushi Suzuki was pretty quiet and solemn. And after taking my drinks order, I commenced my omakase dinner (¥30,000) with:-

1) Dish #1 (above) – Blow fish.

2) Dish #2 (above) – Grouper with salt, and Japanese spotted prawn (botan-ebi) with wasabi.

3) Dish #3 (above) – Whale with ginger.

4) Dish #4 (above) – Steamed oyster with yuzu.

5) Dish #5 (above) – Blow fish (fugu) milt with caviar. And I was cautioned by chef-owner Takao Suzuki that it was going to be hot.

6) Dish #6 (above) – Steamed abalone. Very tender and nice.

7) Dish #7 (above) – Black throat sea perch (nodoguro).

8) Dish #8 (above) – Saba bozushi (mackerel stick sushi). This was good! Pretty stoked that this was served as 2 pieces too.

9) Dish #9 (above) – Mullet roe (karasumi).

10) Dish #10 (above) – Monkfish liver (ankimo). I was surprised this was a cold dish.

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

11) Dish #11 (above) – Sushi assortment; Flounder (hirame), striped jack (shima aji), tuna (maguro), medium fatty tuna (chutoro), premium fatty tuna (otoro), baby gizzard shad (shinko), needlefish (sayori), sea urchin (uni) rice, squid, ark shell clam (akagai), tiger prawn (kuruma-ebi), clam (hamaguri), sea eel (anago) and rolled egg omelette (tamago).

At this point, head chef Suzuki san asked if I was full. Since I’m one who eats till I’m 120% full rather than 80%, I said “1 more”. He asked me to choose the fish I would like to have, but I asked him to recommend instead. And as I was having my baby snapper nigiri sushi, I watched head chef Suzuki san dish out scallop nigiri sushi for the pair beside me. And it looked so good and tempting. So when head chef Suzuki san followed up and asked if I was full, I couldn’t resist but say “1 more” again. Haha. I really was just being greedy by this point cause I was already 110% full.

  

12) Add-ons (above) – Baby snapper (kasu) and scallop (hotate).

Now, the pair beside me showed no sign of ending their omakase meal yet. I watched them being served giant penshell nigiri sushi. And as with my previous sushi, head chef Suzuki san checked to see if I was full after I finished my (additional) scallop nigiri sushi. But this time round, I nodded instead of letting greed get the better of me. Ha!

With the 2 additional sushi and my green tea, my dinner came up to ¥40,000 (inclusive of tax and service charge). And I have to say this was one expensive dinner. It was even more expensive than some of my sushi dinners at restaurants which had Michelin star. Uh huh. Sushi Suzuki has no Michelin star, though one may argue that it’s ranked Bronze by Tablelog.

So a brief history about Sushi Suzuki… Head chef Suzuki san trained for 12 years at Sushi Aoki (in Ginza, Tokyo) before opening his own restaurant in 2015.

It was pretty amazing watching head chef Suzuki san make his sushi cause he was fast! When I was still chewing (slowly) on my sushi, he was already preparing my next sushi. And that’s even when there were 5 of us! And for his sushi, his sushi rice (shari) was warm. And one could taste the slight distinct sourness of the vinegar used to season the rice. Don’t get me wrong. I actually like my sushi rice that way.

Would I recommend Sushi Suzuki? Well… I honestly enjoyed what he dished out. However the price tag just didn’t seem to justify. It’s way too expensive. I would recommend Sushi Suzuki if my dinner cost 25% lesser. But if one really wants to try head chef Suzuki san’s food, probably make reservation for lunch where I heard it’s cost less than half compared to dinner. Yet still being able to enjoy equally quality sushi. But if price isn’t a factor, Sushi Suzuki is relatively easy to make reservation. Pretty handy if one needs a last-minute (ie, same day) booking.

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