Rating: Tokyo Blue 4040 Galt Ocean Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Phone: 954-566-7500 There’s a new place in Fort Lauderdale called Tokyo Blue. They serve a lot of sushi and Thai food, with attitude and style. We’ll leave the critical look at their Thai offerings to a more qualified commentator over at Thai Cooks, but [...]

Rating: Maido Japanese Rest 4267 NW 107th Avenue, Miami, FL 33137 Phone: 305-592-4002 Maido is a little Japanese Izakaya located in Doral, FL run by a pair of great chefs – Hiroshi and Genya. Genya spent many years working at Matsuri in nearby Coral Gables before the team opened up Maido Japanese Restaurant in the [...]

Rating: Sushi Joe 9557 Northwest 41st Street Doral, FL  33178 305-591-4312 Sushi Joe is a hidden treasure in a vast sea of mediocrity that is the mainstream US sushibar scene today. In an unassuming strip mall in Doral, Florida we found this cross-cultural modern bastion of interpretive sushi run by the humble sushi master called [...]

Rating: Sakura Japanese Restaurant 440 South Dixie Hwy. Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-665-7020 Sakura Japanese Restaurant is a nice looking place right on US1 in Coral Gables. We decided to go try it out and see how it stacks up. The guy working behind the counter is Japanese, which guarantees nothing, but always makes me [...]

Rating: Mi-kan Sushi 80 Southwest 8th Street Miami, FL 331303 305-373-5484 Mi-kan Sushi is located in the Chase Bldg on 8th Street, between I-95 and Brickell. They have an entrance on 1st Street, and access from the building lobby. Parking in the building lot, parking validated. The owner is Ike-san and he’s operated here for [...]

Rating: Sozo Sushi Bar 2362 Wilton Drive Wilton Manors, FL 33305 954-630-1916 Sozo Sushi is a cozy little sushi bar on the main drag in Wilton Manors FL. It’s also a terrific place to eat sushi! Here’s why we think this place is so special. Sozo Sushi has only two tables inside, with a couple [...]