Potashnick declared in a video the Hamachi Belly ($7 a piece) nigiri No. 1 in a list of top bites of 2023. Friedlander’s favorite is the Muki Hotate nigiri ($6.50 a piece), scallop with lime ...

(Kim Westerman) We made our way through as much recommended nigiri sushi as we comfortably could, starting with ama ebi, sweet raw shrimp whose heads arrived deep-fried a few minutes later. We also ...

After the sashimi, a couple of pieces of hotate nigiri ($2.50/piece) arrived with the udon and the mini wappa teishoku ($20), taking up the entire table. The nigiri is so fresh that it doesn't ...

Sit at the sushi bar, order a lychee-based cocktail and some hotate (scallop) nigiri. Once considered Portland's top sushi restaurant, Murata can still slice with the best of them. For the ...

2. Scallop Sashimi Japanese name: hotate A truly premium shellfish, scallops can be wild or farmed. What you really want are day-boat, or diver, scallops. 3. Spot-Prawn Nigiri amaebi Served raw ...

There are lots of great sashimi and nigiri options to choose from, as well as some traditional rolls, but we’re here to talk about the star of the menu: the muki hotate. It’s a raw scallop so ...

The mid-tier “Umi” features two sashimi sets, eight nigiri, a hand roll ... fatty bluefin (o-toro), and Hokkaido scallop (hotate). There’s also miso butter snow crab and A5 wagyu for ...

Kid-friendly ‘bike garden’ opens in Vancouver Saturday The most popular and most photographed dishes include the Spicy Tuna Roll, Hotate (seared scallop nigiri with house-made orange marmalade ...

While the menu is categorized like its sister concept—listing Cool Tastings, Hot Tastings, Nigiri, etc—there is ... favorites like the hama chili and hotate crudo on the menu at Uchiko.

We fared better with the nigiri. My favorite was the strips of fresh scallops in a nori cup and tossed with peppers – the spicy hotate ($5.25). Without rice, you get the full flavor of this ...