Saturday, December 14, 2013

Sushi time in Nice!

If you're one of the luck few regular readers of this blog, you may have noticed me and Mathilde have developed a bit of a passion (or perhaps even obsession?) with Japan. We've even started to study Japanese! So, this particular Saturday, we decided to head into Nice and try out what is supposedly the best Sushi bar in Nice (or, according to some, in all of France!).

We started off, though, by checking out La Coulée verte, a rather big urban project that involved transforming a rather uninspiring part of Nice (located next to the old town) into a 12 hectar zone of greenlands and water, reaching from the modern art museum down to the sea. In spite of the unsurprising delays, the end result is rather pleasing, I must say! (and judging from the number of people walking around the Coulee Verte, quite a few people seem to agree).


And now, to the essentials, meaning Yuzu sushi bar. The place itself is rather unassuming, with a rather simple decor (which is quite appropriate for a Japanese restaurant). The famous sushi magician, Keiji Sakaguchi, prepares the sushi behind the bar. Apparently Mr. Sakaguchi is quite a famous chef - he worked at the first "real" Japanese restaurant in France, apparently, already in the 70's.

So how was it ? I would say the sushi were just as good as anything I've had in Japan, which is about as much praise as one can give, I suppose. A bit pricier over here in France, though... But no complaints about that, we absolutely loved this place. I highly recommend this place over the plentiful rather non-Japanese  sushi bars that are popping up around Nice...

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