Sushi varieties & sushi shapes - the overview
Anyone who sits down in a sushi restaurant today or even just looks at the different types of sushi parading past the tables on the conveyor belt at a kaiten sushi restaurant will quickly notice that sushi is not only very colorful, but also comes in all kinds of varieties and shapes. Small rolls, large rolls, sushi rolls that are black on the outside from seaweed, and […]
SUSHIYA BENTO STORE
SUSHIYA BENTO IN MUNICH Many customers know and love our restaurant sansaro in the middle of the Amalienpassage, often referred to as SUSHIYA sansaro. The sansaro restaurant opened for business in 2007 — and very few people know that we previously had the SUSHIYA BENTO SHOP in downtown Munich. Here we tell the story behind it. […]
Kitcho
An overview of Japanese restaurants in Munich and insight into where to find good and where to find the best Sushi can find in Munich
Where sushi comes from - the story of raw fish and sour rice
Sushi as we know it today is ultimately a development of the second half of the 20th century. The original sushi dish differed significantly from what we now refer to as sushi. What began as a necessity to preserve fish over long periods of time and keep it edible has become a luxurious dish known for its supposedly quick […]
Historical interplay of ingredients around sushi
Sushi, as we know it today, consists of vinegared rice, fish, vegetables, nori, and a few seasonings such as wasabi and soy sauce. However, this was not always the case: originally, pickling fish in cooked rice was simply a method of fermenting the fish in a controlled manner to preserve it. The rice […]
Haguruma Munich
An overview of Japanese restaurants in Munich and insight into where to find good and where to find the best Sushi in Munich can find - here we write about a few restaurants that we would generally recommend.
Mitani in Munich Haidhausen
Please note: this is not the website of Restaurant Mitani, but a blog article by the Munich-based company SUSHIYA, which focuses on Japanese cuisine in Munich. You cannot make reservations or contact Restaurant Mitani here—but you can read our review and tips. In the Bavarian capital of Munich, the ground is fertile for good […]
Restaurant Kaito in Munich
We love Japanese cuisine and are passionate about Japanese culture. That's why we founded SUSHIYA in Munich, to offer good Japanese food at a fair price. But there's not only our restaurant sansaro, there are also other good and not-so-good sushi restaurants and Japanese restaurants in Munich. Here are our impressions of the Kaito restaurant [...]
JapaTapa Toshibar Munich Schwabing
With high expectations, almost eagerly, we and many other lovers of Japanese cuisine in Munich have been waiting for what has been announced for some time: that Toshio Kobatake, known as Toshi, is reopening a restaurant after his previous restaurant, „Toshi,“ on Wurzererstrasse closed relatively abruptly at the beginning of 2022. Toshi's new restaurant opens in Munich Now […]
The Mayor of Sapporo
The mayor of Sapporo—which sounds like an old sketch by Gerhard Polt from „Fast wia im richtigen Leben“ (Almost Like Real Life) from the 1980s—was actually a great honor for us. Mayor of Sapporo visits Restaurant sansaro On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the city partnership between Munich and Sapporo, the mayor of Sapporo visited Munich […]