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Our dish — the plate we'd order here first

Ōtoro (大トロ)

Ōtoro, fatty tuna belly, brushed with nikiri, a soy glaze, on red-vinegar rice. The house says toro nigiri began here, so here we'd begin.

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Yoshino Sushi Honten

Japanese · Edomae sushi · Nihonbashi, Tokyo

3-8-11 Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo 103-0027

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A Nihonbashi sushi house since the 1870s, which says it was the first to put toro, fatty tuna, on nigiri; a customer here gave toro its name. Its cooks buy fish at the market every morning.

The proof, in the house's own words

Why the ōtoro

Strong evidence
  • Craft

    Rice with red vinegar and salt only, no sugar, as it always was.

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  • Tradition

    The birthplace of toro nigiri, the house says.

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  • Sourcing

    The cooks pick their own fish daily.

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We'd add

Our runner-up

Chirashizushi (ちらしずし)

Chirashizushi, raw fish and the house's baked omelette scattered over red-vinegar rice. A bowl each, at lunch.

  • Red-vinegar rice, no sugar
  • Chosen at the market each morning

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