![]() ![]() The Sweet Tato includes purple rice, mango, avocado, cucumber, sweet potato purée, and wasabi mayo ($9.50) the 24 Carrot features purple rice, carrot mix, cucumber, avocado, and sriracha mayo ($10) and the Mighty Shroom contains purple rice, spinach, shiitake mushroom teriyaki, avocado, radish sprouts, and sriracha mayo ($10.50).Īs far as how the plant-based rolls were developed, Sushi Maki's culinary team was inspired in part by national and local sushi spots, including Planta South Beach and Beyond Sushi (a New York-based all-vegan sushi chain recently featured on Shark Tank). It’s like eating a handful of blueberries." "It has a beautiful deep-purple color and is high in antioxidants. Karaage fried chicken: ¥680 / $5.20 / £4.30 / €4.90Įbi-shinjo fried shrimp balls: ¥390 / $3 / £2.40 / €2.80Ĭold soba noodles: ¥790 / $6 / £4.90 / €5.60Ĭalifornia roll: ¥1100 / $8.50 / £6.90 / €7.Courtesy of Sushi Maki "All of them feature our special multigrain purple rice, which is a combination of four types of rice, including brown, mahogany, and black, also known as forbidden rice," Sushi Maki's founder and CEO, Abe Ng, says. The restaurant’s name Gonpachi is named after a famous kabuki character Gonpachi Shirai, whose model is Gonpachi Hirai (1655 – 1679) who didn’t kill Bill obviously, but his father and 130 more. Given the fact that Gonpachi Nishi Azabu is located in the most expensive neighborhood in Tokyo, Minato City, I was more than willing to get ripped off. The quality of the rice, the density of the ingredients, etc, were Japanese Japanese. All the trivial flaws in Japanese American sushi rolls the Japanese would notice, in the US, were all fixed: flawless. These were exceptional and one of the best Japanese American foods I had eaten in Japan. I also ordered a dragon roll and a California roll. Yakitori skewers: chicken gizzards, left, chicken thighs, right.Ĭold soba noodles. “An authentic Japanese izakaya in the US” was what I felt at Gonpachi Nishi Azabu. There were also American sushi rolls that would look exceptional in the US. Menus at Gonpachi Nishi Azabu offered straightforward Japanese izakaya items that gained my trust to try anything they would offer. FYI: the BGM was 80% Spanish, 10% North American English, and the rest Japanese.Ī hand-written/drawn food menu emanating an authentic Japanese izakaya vibe. ![]() ![]() Why Spanish? It was during the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021 (confusing, I know) amid the Covid 19 pandemic in Japan the Japanese stayed home, and international Olympic staff foraging for any available food won the reservations. Perhaps, it was Spanish conversations echoing everywhere as the background music that mesmerized me. The restaurant’s atmosphere was so amusing that I thought it was an amusement park: somewhere Japanese that doesn’t really exist in Japan. Past an entrance hall with photos of Hollywood stars is a huge dining hall with movie sets like izakaya settings which reminds me of the enormous exhibitions of replicated neighborhoods of Tokyo in Edo period (1603 – 1867) at Edo-Tokyo Museum. “ Izakaya/居酒屋“ is the most quintessential form of restaurant in Japan (i.e., pubs of the UK, diners of the US). Sidebar: “Washoku/和食” means “Japanese food” in Japanese. ![]() That’s why the restaurant is called “the Kill Bill restaurant.” One of the killings in the movie took place at a Japanese restaurant whose model is said to be an actual Japanese washoku/izakaya restaurant, Gonpachi Nishi-Azabu, in Tokyo. That would explain pretty much everything about the movie “Kill Bill” (to some people). Uma Thurman in a yellow suit with a samurai sword killing enemies. *I last visited this place in 2021.Ī battle at a Gonpachi Nishi-Azabu inspired Japanese restaurant in Kill Bill: Volume 1. In the most expensive neighborhood in Tokyo, legendary Japanese izakaya Gonpachi Nishi-Azabu, also known as the Kill Bill restaurant, offers reasonable and authentic Japanese food as well as exceptional Japanese American sushi rolls. ![]()
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