Breakfast Sushi @ Tsukiji

It was a struggle, but I woke up at 4:45am and headed in a taxi toward Tsukiji fish market. The place was bustling with tuna dealers - and I found Lot 6 to stand in line at Daiwa Sushi.  For some reason, there was no queue, so I moved over three stores to Sushidai where it was 4 lines deep (I am a lemming - I follow the crowd), and nearly frostbit my toes off in 0 celsius (yes, I'm metric now) waiting waiting waiting for 40 minutes or so.  I had to go and buy some fisherman socks -- and paid another JPY1000.  So, OK  - pictures are murky from my cellphone- but I am 'smiling' at this crazy sushi hour, if that is any indication how excited I was to join the queuers. 

The 'Omakase' (Chef Rules) course is JPY3670; equivalent price of any hoitytoity breakfast price of the business hotels in Tky - but my goodness, this was the 'true value' - because the sushi was kickass awesome.  The 'oniichan' (big bro) chef was almost trilingual - Japanese, a little English and Korean - and was very accomodating as he wheeled and dealed more fresh fish inventory on his cellphone, while slicing us beautiful pieces of the sea.

Omakase course JPY 3670 is whatever the Chef thinks are the fresh fish of the day: Feb 18 menu

Flounder

Oo-toro

Kinmedai

Uni

Tsuke

Clam

Sawara

Shrimp

Aji

Anago

+ a bonus (I asked for another Toro)

More pics to come !