Ginzushi was small and had low tables on the floor. There was a bar with seats facing a long fish tank with seafood in it. The chef is large and very jolly and prepares the food in the restaurant. The other customers were friendly but not staring. We drank beer and then later green tea. Mike's student brought us a selection of dishes as we couldn't read the menu. We had the standard amuse bouche of tofu in sauce (tasted like marmite!). Then a platter of sashimi. Raw squid is good-it's a firm texture. Raw prawn is a tad squishy for my liking and the same for raw trout but raw tuna works well. The flavours are very delicate and it was beautifully presented with cherry blossom and what looked like cannabis leaves! Then she brought small fishes in tempura like whitebait but without the horrible crunchy bones and pepper in tempura. Then we had a some sushi on rice; fish raw and cooked, raw beef, egg (a bit like spanish tortilla sliced up on some rice) and finally the little wrapped seaweed rolls tuna ones and cucumber ones. We couldn't eat it all and asked her if we could take the rest home as it was so good we couldn't leave it! They made us up a bento box with lots of extra stuff in it to take away and offered to drive us home (we declined and took the opportunity to purchase beer from a vending machine for the stroll back-such civility).
http://www.ginzushi.jp/ If you're interested.
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