Sushi Dai, Tsukiji Market

By recommendation by one of our friends (their blog post here), we went in search of the famous Sushi Dai, with hour long queues.

Unfortunately, after going in circles and with no Internet access (no Google Maps), we asked a few locals. Instead they lead us to another Sushi Dai shop. Honestly, I don't know how to read Kanji or Chinese and have got no idea what it says. At least it is a Sushi Restaurant.

Well, they had some set menu priced at ¥1000/set or ¥1500/set. We decided to order both the sets and see what is the difference.

Tables are all setup for set lunch. Restaurant is small, sitting only about 10 people around the sushi bar and another 2 smaller rooms for small groups.

When you order set meal, the Sushi Chef will decide and make you 10 pieces of sushi. It is up to him to decide what he should make and serve you. Can you see the ginger sitting on the wedding ledge? That is the same place where all your sushi will be served.

Here are our basic 10 piece set that was delivered. There was a tamago, squid and prawn. The rest are raw fish. Honestly, I couldn't differentiate between all the raw fishes. But all the sushi provided was extremely fresh. It didn't have any fishy smell.

Nobody in the shop spoke a single world of English, not to mention, there was no menu in English either. But the Sushi Chef did make it clear to us that, you're only allowed to use soya sauces on raw items, not cooked! Also, when you request for wasabi, they'll all give you like a look. They probably find it insulting, as the chef knows best and had put just the right amount in each sushi.

Here is the extra 3 pieces if you ordered the ¥1500/set. Honestly... I had no idea what it was. One of it is probably squid, but the other two I had no idea. Really sad that we don't even know exactly what is each piece about.

Here are the 2 Sushi Chef doing what they do best. Their service was quick, with each serving you whatever sushi they were preparing. As more people came in, they just served what has been prepared, and continue to make more.

Overall the experience was great. It was different from the last Sushi Train shop that we visited at Kutchan. Over here, the main theme is all about the freshness of their sushi.