Name: Finding The Best Sushi In Los Angeles | Food Tours | Insider Food
Uploaded: 2025-05-23T06:30:50.000Z
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All right, my man, today we're doing three fantastic L.A. sushi spots, starting here at Yama Sushi Marketplace.

This place, like many others, they got fresh fish, they got amazing rice, they're cutting it behind the counter as we speak, so I think we're in for a treat.

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Yeah, I think for me, good sushi obviously has to start with good fish.

It has to be fresh, it has to be cut right, it has to be prepared well.

I want every bite to feel like this thing just jumped out of the ocean into my boat. 100%.

I'm gonna go put in an order and get us an assortment of things.

Also wanna throw a California roll into the mix.

Ooh, I mean, we are in California after all, so it'd be rude not to.

So there's a bit of a miscommunication with the kitchen.

Next thing I made is two platters instead of one.

Also, if you wanna get a platter here, you have to call ahead of time.

But usually you just walk up and get one of these.

So I'm gonna start with probably a California roll.

I don't know if I've had a California roll of this size before.

So the California roll, as you notice, has a creamier flavor to it.

There's avocado in there, imitation crab, and rice on the outside.

The rice being on the outside is what's kind of considered an inside-out roll.

All right, so the reason that it has avocado in it is because the inventor, Ichiro Mashita, was looking to make a sushi roll that kind of played more towards American tastes.

I think I've seen magnets that look like this, right?

If I wanted that, I'd want that over here with sans rice.

I think one thing that's really blowing me away here is the freshness of everything.

Obviously, rolls, nigiri, excellent classic sushi pieces.

I do really like to judge a place by its sashimi, though, because there's nowhere to hide with this, right?

It's either fresh, tasty fish, or it's not.

And right here is very fresh and very tasty fish.

It doesn't have too strong a flavor to it, but it's got that really gorgeous light, fluffy texture.

A lot of the particularly pre-packaged sushi I've had in the UK, the rice is A, quite bland, very stodgy, and just overall doesn't add much to the dish.

So Kenzo Yamada and his wife opened this Yama Sushi Marketplace in 1984, originally as Yama Seafood.

They import the rice from Japan at a specific firm they have a relationship with that uses next to no pesticides, and they ship it over here, and they mill it almost like a day or two before they're selling it.

So not only does that mean that you're getting authentic Japanese rice, but it's also probably fresher than any other Japanese rice you're gonna get in America, certainly in Los Angeles.

I mean, this is their competitive edge, and I have to say, it's absolutely fantastic sushi.

I'm blown away by the quality, the consistency.

I feel like you're kind of getting that fancy restaurant-quality sushi, but in an environment where you can just kind of take it and go if you want to, or you can sit down, grab a soda, eat it on the sidewalk like we're doing right now.

This is probably of the highest quality sushi you can get in Los Angeles, but it's incredibly accessible to the neighborhood, which I love, right?

You can tell how much technique has gone into producing this, which I really like.

The fact that you can get four very distinct cuts out of one tuna, you get the really fatty tuna, you can get the slightly less fatty tuna, you can get the chutoro, the otoro from the tuna, and they're all kind of cut in a way that really emphasizes the texture and the flavor that you get from each one.

I'm blown away, it's really, really good.

I'm glad I'm taking you on this thing because, you know, I set this up, but I was like, man, I don't know what any of this stuff is called.

If there's any pronunciations you're struggling with, throw my way, I'll take a stab at it.

We're working, the show's all about unity.

That's why we work as such a great team, Joe.

I could keep pounding away at this, but got a couple more spots to take you.

We do have a minute, so maybe if the crew wants to jump in here so we don't waste all this food, how's that sound?

All right, next spot we are going to is pronounced, I believe, Sakai Sushi, or Sakei Sushi?

They are a smaller spot with no indoor seating.

Also, they declined letting us into their kitchens, but they were kind enough to let us go, purchase some sushi, and we can just kick it in the parking lot and chat there.

I almost respect the place more for telling us no.

We need them.  And thank you, have a nice day.

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