Masa used to be a sushi chef at Kanki

7/21/2010 1:44:26 PM

who the fuck cares what a restaurant is called? as long as the food is good I'm good

7/21/2010 1:46:14 PM

^^ Yep. He used to live next door to my BFF.

^ You missed the point entirely

[Edited on July 21, 2010 at 1:46 PM. Reason : a]

7/21/2010 1:46:17 PM

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"BEST FRIEND SUSHI"

7/21/2010 1:54:18 PM

Tasu in Brier Creek is damn good (and its not considered to be in Morrisville, Brier Creek is in Raleigh, FYI). And you cant beat their buy one get one free deal that they have anytime, anyday. Kinda sucks that its for dine-in only, but there are ways around that...

I had a "surf and turf" roll in Mura at North Hills and it was excellent. I havent had anything else from there, but everything my co-workers got looked good.

7/21/2010 2:12:39 PM

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"I'm laughing so hard at this. Firstly, I know that dude's ass is from New York originally. Second, "waraji" means these:"

I don't know where you get your information from but the guy that owns it is strait of the boat Japanese. Waraji does mean sandals, it also does have an alternate meaning

[user]Kenji, right?

He's full of shit.[/user]

Kenji never had any ownership in the original restaurant. He was supposed to be an investor when they were opening up a new location. And he is full of shit.

7/21/2010 2:26:04 PM

Raleigh --> Waraji (it's expensive as balls though)
Cary --> Kashin (great, rotating appetizers)

7/21/2010 2:38:05 PM

yeah i've dropped $50-70 a person at waraji with sake included before a tip

[Edited on July 21, 2010 at 2:41 PM. Reason : the waitresses there sometimes tell me and friends a story that was about me with a group of friends]

7/21/2010 2:40:56 PM

did you snort wasabi?

7/21/2010 2:46:49 PM

make your own sushi what's the excuse not to

7/21/2010 2:48:55 PM

My favorite waitress of all time works at Waraji

Mama...

7/21/2010 2:49:52 PM

haha, nope.

not there at least

we were the ones that couldn't decide if we should get a case of sake

7/21/2010 2:50:05 PM

ive seen that happen on a rare occasion. People buy boxes of the sake in cans

7/21/2010 2:51:39 PM

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"make your own sushi what's the excuse not to"

to make the variety I want would cost too much and I would have too much leftover stuff after I made 4 different rolls- also I wouldn't know how to make stuff like crispy spicy tuna

7/21/2010 2:52:09 PM

theres too much markup there though

7/21/2010 2:52:21 PM

We should get a TWW group together for a trip to Waraji.

7/21/2010 2:52:36 PM

when?

7/21/2010 2:53:13 PM

i want to go, but i'm poor, i'll just eat everyone's scraps.

7/21/2010 2:53:31 PM

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"make your own sushi what's the excuse not to"

besides lack of training/skill?

7/21/2010 2:54:02 PM

next couple weeks maybe?

7/21/2010 2:54:08 PM

i'm in

7/21/2010 2:56:02 PM

sweet

I will be the event coordinator.

7/21/2010 2:58:47 PM

ok!

7/21/2010 2:58:57 PM

I've actually never been to Waraji

7/21/2010 3:00:45 PM

ahhh, a good ole TWW sushi battle. I love it!

7/21/2010 3:07:15 PM

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"Waraji does mean sandals, it also does have an alternate meaning "

No, no it does not unless you're a gullible yuppie

7/21/2010 10:59:16 PM

I'm not sure who said that Sono didn't have fresh fish, but either they had some weird experience or they don't know what fresh fish is. Consistently Sono is one of the only sushi restaurants in the Triangle I enjoy. I've had face time with the Head Chef and Owner after I did a review of their restaurant which brought up some concerns--not only did the Head Chef personally write me a letter addressing how he planned to correct what he agreed were mistakes on his part, but he invited me back to see the changes he had made (specifically, lowering prices on non-alcoholic beverages, changing a tempura shrimp and vegetable dish, and teaching employees how to properly brew green tea, which he bought a better kind of).

Besides the simple fact that the experience is an uncommon one, obviously this speaks volumes about the Head Chef's desire to improve upon his passion and for his patrons to enjoy the time they spend at his restaurant. His hard work was recently acknowledged when The Independent gave Sono Best Sushi and Best Japanese Restaurant in the Triangle, a much deserved title.

...but yea, Waraji is good, Sushi Tsune is mediocre (if not poorly priced), Sushi Thai is for desperate people who still want to eat sushi but not open their wallets, et cetera. There's a place in Chapel Hill I liked but I can't remember the name.

I'm waiting for Sushi 9 or whatever to open where Ten Ten was.

7/21/2010 11:19:06 PM

I always have a soft spot for little tokyo

On a side note I'll be on a plane to japan next week for my brothers wedding
really looking forward to the sushi place and the soba place near his house
only wish he'd scheduled the wedding around the Bon festival so I could get some yummy
festival food again this year

7/21/2010 11:48:59 PM

^ God, travel during Obon is a clusterfuck of epic proportions. You should be thanking him for not scheduling it then. Besides, all that festival food is sold in the food courts of the malls in Japan these days

^^ Perhaps try going on a Monday right before their fish order and see if what people have been saying is true about that

7/21/2010 11:55:02 PM

^ unfortunately I don't remember seeing any malls in gero
although I think the actual wedding will be in Gifu

7/22/2010 12:04:44 AM

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"We should get a TWW group together for a trip to Waraji."

come on a thursday!

7/22/2010 12:05:03 AM

Hi Jen!

7/22/2010 12:07:21 AM

I hope Waraji still has good katsudon. Or at least that my standards haven't changed enough to no longer like I wonder if Fukiko still works there.

7/22/2010 12:09:57 AM

we can all go when you get back from Japan!

7/22/2010 12:11:08 AM

Yeah for sure. I'm sure I'll be having a craving for chawanmushi not long after getting back. And with how my job search is going so far I'll still be with my parents within biking distance of Waraji

[Edited on July 22, 2010 at 12:13 AM. Reason : g]

7/22/2010 12:12:31 AM

pfft, we drive here in the states n00b

7/22/2010 12:13:12 AM

I haven't driven a car in 4 years I'm going to have to get my mommy to take me to the Leesville parking lot and teach me how to drive a stick again hahaha.

7/22/2010 12:14:43 AM

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"unfortunately I don't remember seeing any malls in gero although I think the actual wedding will be in Gifu"

Oh there's a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge outlet mall in Gifu that you can go to for that sort of stuff. I live 30 minutes from Gifu

7/22/2010 12:27:56 AM

Admittedly I would eat sushi with wolfpackgrrr so hard.

7/22/2010 12:54:30 AM

egyeyes

7/22/2010 12:59:55 AM

I think it's kind of a shame that all of the sushi restaurants in Raleigh are more or less the same. It's about time downtown Raleigh had a kaitenzushi place or even an izakaya.

7/22/2010 8:45:01 AM

7/22/2010 8:46:33 AM

i want KAITEN FUCKING SUSHI

7/22/2010 8:48:21 AM

^ Me too

^^
Kaitenzushi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB3rB7vRNr4

Izakaya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izakaya

7/22/2010 8:50:34 AM

oooooh, it's just the sushi train thing... I think we have something like that here in raleigh


I know nakato's in charlotte has it because I sat next to rick flair when I was in high school there

7/22/2010 8:54:55 AM

There's a shitty one in Chapel Hill but

a) it's shitty
b) it's at UNC, which is shitty

7/22/2010 8:56:00 AM

[Edited on July 22, 2010 at 8:56 AM. Reason : fixt?]

7/22/2010 8:56:03 AM

lol I want to say it is in Brier Creek area... my gf has been to a couple of them up there with a work friend and I am pretty sure she said one of them had it. she goes on fridays when I have my tournaments, and always brings me back some sushi from where ever she goes so I can give it a try, and so far everything she has brought me back has been dericious

7/22/2010 8:57:50 AM

tasu is in brier creek, but i dont recall there being one there, maybe at the bar though

7/22/2010 8:58:24 AM

she has been to several different places up there... might have been closer to RTP

7/22/2010 9:00:24 AM