Yet ANOTHER Sushi place

[The Compound]

I guess there is another new sushi place opening in the Shoppes of Avondale. Ginjo Sushi.
Too bad it couldnt be Thai or something interesting.

[RiversideLoki]

Have you been to Tuptim Thai down by Target on 17? That place impressed me.

[The Compound]

Yeah, we love Tuptim. They are always really nice, and have great prices even at dinner.

[ben says]

I'm sure we all wish something besides Sushi was going in this spot....

That being said....it'd really be cool is a *real* Japanese restaurant opened up in Avondale.

[ChriswUfGator]

This is officially the sushi district, it's ridiculous

[cline]

I'm sure we all wish something besides Sushi was going in this spot....

That being said....it'd really be cool is a *real* Japanese restaurant opened up in Avondale.

I'm pretty sure there's one over at Roosevelt Mall.  Not sure how "real" it is since I've never been.  Think it is called Okinawa

[ben says]

I'm sure we all wish something besides Sushi was going in this spot....

That being said....it'd really be cool is a *real* Japanese restaurant opened up in Avondale.

I'm pretty sure there's one over at Roosevelt Mall.  Not sure how "real" it is since I've never been.  Think it is called Okinawa

Went once about 8 years ago...I think it's another Sakura style/American style Japanese place.

[Rynjny]

What you guys meant by "Real" Japanese restaurant??

[ben says]

What you guys meant by "Real" Japanese restaurant??

I mean a place where the most popular dishes aren't California rolls and teriyaki/hibachi (fried or streamed rice? ginger or mayo dressing?). I mean a place where the restaurant relies on the quality of fish and the simplicity of preparation; not a place that douses everything in shrimp sauce and fries everything to oblivion. I mean a place that is, by and large, extremely healthy (like real Japanese food). I mean a place that doesn't have words like “Tokyo”, “Zen”, “Sayonara”, “Kyoto”, "cafe", “wasabi”, and “Fuji" in the title. I mean a place that has home-made noodles and fresh gyoza; not a place where they buy most of their stuff frozen from Chinese distributors or the Asian supermarket on Normandy/Beach Blvd. I mean a place where the guy rolling sushi is from Japan (gasp!), not from Mexico or China.

Maybe I'm asking too much?

[Timkin]

"Sushi  Sprawl " coming to an outskirt near you !

[RockStar]

What you guys meant by "Real" Japanese restaurant??

I mean a place where the most popular dishes aren't California rolls and teriyaki/hibachi (fried or streamed rice? ginger or mayo dressing?). I mean a place where the restaurant relies on the quality of fish and the simplicity of preparation; not a place that douses everything in shrimp sauce and fries everything to oblivion. I mean a place that is, by and large, extremely healthy (like real Japanese food). I mean a place that doesn't have words like “Tokyo”, “Zen”, “Sayonara”, “Kyoto”, "cafe", “wasabi”, and “Fuji" in the title. I mean a place that has home-made noodles and fresh gyoza; not a place where they buy most of their stuff frozen from Chinese distributors or the Asian supermarket on Normandy/Beach Blvd. I mean a place where the guy rolling sushi is from Japan (gasp!), not from Mexico or China.

Maybe I'm asking too much?

+1,000,000
From your mouth to god's ears...

[undergroundgourmet]

Anyone remember the Japanese place downtown (yes, there were 2) the one I'm thinking about was on Adams Street I believe, near LaRose shoes. You had to take your shoes off at the door and when you got to your one foot high table you sat on the floor on the grass mat. The ladies wore kimonos. They actually were Japanese and had their hair up and faces powered white. Ahhhh the good ol' days.  The other one was next to The Florida Theatre. It was more grown up - a little more expensive
Aeyasu ?  help me here

[Dog Walker]

Ieyasu??  Owner was named Yano.  First Japanese restaurant in Jacksonville.  Food was fantastic.  Japanese country cooking, not Kyoto.  Lead cook, trained by Yano-san, was a huge, African-American, ex-football player nicknamed Moose.

Ran into Moose some years later who was then working construction.  He said he couldn't get hired by any of the new "Japanese" restaurants because he didn't do sushi.  I also suspect it was because he didn't fit the Japanese image.

Yano and his wife opened another place on Atlantic Blvd past Regency, but they later divorced and lost both restaurants.

[ChriswUfGator]

Wait, you mean...there used to be like...places to go...DOWNTOWN? Come on you're pulling my leg!

[goldy21]

I would kill for something like Dragonfly (Gainesville) in the neighborhood.  That place would absolutely crush it if they opened a location here.

http://dragonflysushi.com/