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Japanese restaurants in St. Louis

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  1.

    Nobu's

    8643 Olive Blvd., University City, MO 63132

    Chef Noboru Kidera works a kind of alchemy at his University City restaurant. The deft movements of his hands as he works at the bar, chatting with diners, demonstrate just how... More »

  2.

    SanSai Japanese Grill-Webster Groves

    20 Allen Ave., Webster Groves, MO 63119

    SanSai makes a great case for the introduction of Japanese fast food. This outlet of an incipient chain (there are four other SanSai operations, all... More »

  3.

    SanSai Japanese Grill-Kirkwood

    130 S. Kirkwood Road, Kirkwood, MO 63122

    See above listing.

  4.

    Wasabi Sushi Bar

    1228 Washington Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103

    Sushi chef Jong Wook Lee creates miniature, edible art amid a traditional yet contemporary setting in the Washington Avenue club district. A huge mural of Mount Fuji... More »

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    Sansui Japanese Restaurant

    9983 Manchester Road, Warson Woods, MO 63122

    Chef Naomi Hamamura's spinoff from his popular Central West End restaurant is bright and meticulously appointed, featuring Japanese standards and an excellent... More »

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    Sekisui

    3024 S. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63118

    The local outpost of a Memphis-based chain, Sekisui is the most cosmopolitan of South Grand's ethnic restaurants. Chef Kenji Nemoto's selection of nigiri sushi and sashimi is... More »

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    Noodles & Company-Creve Coeur

    10925 Olive Blvd., Creve Coeur, MO 63141

    Saying Noodles & Company serves noodles is kind of like saying Albert Pujols hits home runs. The Denver-based fast-casual chain treats the humble noodle... More »

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    Tani Sushi Bistro

    16 S. Bemiston Ave., Clayton, MO 63105

    Tani Sushi Bistro features the expected selection of nigiri sushi, sashimi and rolls both familiar and unique, as well as a few appetizers and non-sushi entrees. The... More »

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    Izakaya Ren

    2948 Dougherty Ferry Road, Kirkwood, MO 63122

    An izakaya is a specific type of Japanese restaurant that serves, for lack of a better term, bar snacks. (A tapas bar is a common comparison.) Izakaya Ren splits the... More »

  10.

    Miso on Meramec-CLOSED

    16 N. Meramec Ave., Clayton, MO 63105

    The Clayton mainstay has received a burst of energy from new sushi chef Eliott Harris. The familiar assortment of nigiri sushi, sashimi and standard rolls... More »

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  • Riverfront Times Ian Froeb writes for Riverfront Times on Takaya New Asian

    The calamari looked innocuous enough when our server brought the appetizer: familiarly curled squid rings breaded and fried to a light golden brown, with aioli for dipping. My wife ate a few. I ate a few. We looked at each other.

    "Where's the squid?" she asked.

    "I don't know," I said and took a close look at one of the rings. It looked like fried calamari, but beneath the...

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  • Riverfront Times Ian Froeb writes for Riverfront Times on Ocha Thai & Japanese Cuisine

    When I visited Ocha Thai & Japanese Cuisine for the first time late last year, its name was House of Thai. The sign above the entrance still read Tachibana, the Japanese restaurant that had occupied this west-county strip-mall location for several years. New owners had taken over Tachibana in...

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  • Riverfront Times Ian Froeb writes for Riverfront Times on Hiro

    Sometimes, at a sushi restaurant, reading over the menu of "special" rolls, my eyes will glaze over, and I will slip into a reverie in which I imagine wrapping whatever is close at hand — chopsticks, my cell phone, my wife's purse, a small child — in nori, topping it with salmon, avocado, maybe a pinch of that teensy orange flying-fish roe and a drizzle of eel sauce, and then...

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