South Beach Friendly at Sushi Ota: San Diego, CA

We had a crazy craving for Sushi Ota last week so we headed on over and ordered our usual omakase meal with Robert. I've asked him for a rice-free meal before and it turned out beautifully so we asked him to indulge us again and make up a meal that would be conducive to phase 2 of our eating challenge. Pretty much no alcohol and no sushi rice! Robert was awesome about honoring our request as there were only a few dishes with a small amount of starches. Its been a little rough without our favorite carbs but having an eating buddy going through the same challenge has made it much easier. I'll let the photos do the rest of the talking.... it definitely makes me want to go back stat!

{seasoned mushrooms and cucumbers}

{ankimo over seaweed}

{sashimi platter}

{yellowtail with ponzu sauce, serrano chili and cilantro}

{broiled sweet shrimp head}

{fried fresh soft shell crab}

{fried fresh soft shell crab with snow crab and avocado}

{chilled fish custard toped with crab, edamame and edible gold}

{squid with ikura}

{broiled squid with tobiko}

{soba, ume soba with pickled mushrooms and scallions}

{broiled Chino Farm vegetables with orange clam}

{broiled eggplant with eel and chopped mountain potato}

{miso soup with sweet shrimp head}

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Sushi Ota
4529 Mission Bay Dr.
San Diego, CA 92109
(858)270-5670
M 5:30pm-10:30pm
Tu-F 11:30am-2pm, 5:30pm-10:30pm
Sa-Su 5pm-10:30pm