Jiro!

Maybe you have seen Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the documentary that came out earlier this year to rave reviews...


Now that his restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro is mega-famous. We decided to try it for ourselves.

His flagship restaurant was way booked...but we managed to score a rezzie at his youngest son's restaurant in Roppongi Hills, which is pretty much identical.

It is located in the nondescript corner of a little shopping center above a Ferragamo store. Pretty tough to find if you don't know what you're looking for.

And it's just a tiny restaurant, with just 11 or so seats total.

Riding the worldwide fame of their movie, Jiro & Sons could pretty much charge whatever they wanted for dinner at their restaurant.

Dinner is served omakase style (aka the chef decides what to serve you) and was around three-hundo per person...but honestly I'm sure if they were charging eight-hundo we crazy tourists would still fork that shit over for what is generally recognized as "the best sushi in the world".

And it is REALLY good...but I'm not a sushi connoisseur...and I'm not sure it's worth the exorbitant pricing if you're not able to differentiate between good sushi and epic sushi (I cannot)...

Actually, the only sushi I do eat lots of is tuna. And I could tell that this tuna was OUT OF THIS WORLD delicious. It was like tuna-butter. You put it in your mouth and the thing just MELTED with deliciousness and flavor.

Same goes for the toro...

There were a couple things that made us gag a little...like the sardine... yech. I almost puked a little and ended up needing a big beer chaser to get it down.

The uni (sea urchin) too was supposed to be incredible. According to the sushi-lovers around me, they were moaning and groaning over how sweet and delicious and creamy it was...I wasn't a huge a fan though.

Mmmmmm....clam...

Mmmmmmm...mackerel...(aka buttock smackerel)...

Mmmmm....scarrop...

Mmmmm...succulent eel...

Mmmmmmm....egg thing...

Afterwards...superchef Jiro (I'm actually not sure if his son's name is also Jiro but I'm going to call him Jiro) came out and chatted with us and asked about my height and stuff (obvi).

And we took a picture with the celebrity chef.

Derrricious! Definitely a good choice if you want a once-in-a-lifetime sushi experience and are a sushi lover. But there's plenty of great sushi in Tokyo if you can't tell the difference great and epic sushi and want to save yourself a little cash.