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Post by slainte39 Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:16 am

For anyone that likes Japanese food, and hasn't done it yet, give the Japanese restaurant Masayume,in Ajijic, a try.
It's exceptional.........a small place on the Carretera, between the post office and Banco Mulltiva, same side of the street.
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Post by CanuckBob Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:53 am

I think that is the restaurant that used to be located right inside El Barco. Excellent sushi although I haven't been to their new location since they moved a year or so ago.

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Post by slainte39 Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:04 pm

CanuckBob wrote:I think that is the restaurant that used to be located right inside El Barco. Excellent sushi although I haven't been to their new location since they moved a year or so ago.

That is correct.

The sushi that is labeled masayume on the menu contains no rice or cream cheese, just a combination of seafood.

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Post by Trailrunner Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:25 pm

What? No rice? How can that be sushi?
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Post by slainte39 Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:32 pm

Trailrunner wrote:What? No rice? How can that be sushi?

The explanation was written in Japanese characters and I couldn't translate it.
So I'm going on a faith based assumption.  
If it wasn't "sushi", I want my money back, no matter how good it tasted.  Very Happy

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Post by Trailrunner Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:48 pm

I think you've been a victim of bait 'n switch.
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Post by brigitte Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:38 am

I was told by a couple of Japanese maestros that came to Mexico to give art classes that there was a great Japanese restaurant in Andares mall. it has something like 8 seats.. ANyonne knows the name of it. You have to make reservations or no seats are available.

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Post by CanuckBob Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:46 am

I think it is Juni-ko.

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Post by brigitte Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:58 am

Thank you yes it is, I remember now.. it is part of La Docena.. The pnly problem I have heard are the prices..

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Post by Trailrunner Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:08 am

Yes, that's what I've heard too. Great sushi, high prices.

What about the Container Lake place? I've seen some nice LOOKING sushi there.
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Post by CanuckBob Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:30 am

Yes, Juni-ko is expensive (relatively speaking) but good sushi restaurants usually are. Rolls are less expensive. The Sashmi is usually the kicker.

I have heard the rolls at Lake Container are good as well. The Mexicans seem to like cream cheese in their rolls. I always order it without......

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Post by gringal Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:44 am

CanuckBob wrote:Yes, Juni-ko is expensive (relatively speaking) but good sushi restaurants usually are. Rolls are less expensive. The Sashmi is usually the kicker.

I have heard the rolls at Lake Container are good as well. The Mexicans seem to like cream cheese in their rolls. I always order it without......

One thing I've learned about dining out in Mexico: stop worrying about "authenticity" much. If it tastes good, enjoy it.
Mexican cooks seem to tweak just about everything; some to the point of being a very far cry from the ethnic restaurants we were used to in the States. Cream cheese sushi? Haven't tried it yet, but.....open mind and mouth.
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Post by slainte39 Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:46 am

brigitte wrote:I was told by a couple of Japanese maestros that came to Mexico to give art classes that there was a great Japanese restaurant in Andares mall. it has something like 8 seats.. ANyonne knows the name of it. You have to make reservations or no seats are available.

The big, and very popular and busy Japanese restaurant, in Andares Plaza is Moshi Moshi, on the main floor on the right side restaurant row when you enter from Patria. They have conveyor belt sushi plus an extensive menu of Japanese fare.
La Docena is a very, very fine restaurant but have never tried the sushi there.
Suehiro on La Paz is still by far and away the best Japanese restaurant in GDL.  I have a multitude of Japanese food, sushi loving progeny in my family over several generations, so I fancy myself as an amateur expert. lol!

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Post by slainte39 Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:52 am

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CanuckBob wrote:Yes, Juni-ko is expensive (relatively speaking) but good sushi restaurants usually are. Rolls are less expensive. The Sashmi is usually the kicker.

I have heard the rolls at Lake Container are good as well. The Mexicans seem to like cream cheese in their rolls. I always order it without......

One thing I've learned about dining out in Mexico: stop worrying about "authenticity" much.  

Strange, but I hear the same complaint from Mexicans when they travel NOB and want "Mexican" food.  Perspective is everything. Very Happy

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Post by gringal Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:31 pm

slainte39 wrote:
gringal wrote:
CanuckBob wrote:Yes, Juni-ko is expensive (relatively speaking) but good sushi restaurants usually are. Rolls are less expensive. The Sashmi is usually the kicker.

I have heard the rolls at Lake Container are good as well. The Mexicans seem to like cream cheese in their rolls. I always order it without......

One thing I've learned about dining out in Mexico: stop worrying about "authenticity" much.  

Strange, but I hear the same complaint from Mexicans when they travel NOB and want "Mexican" food.  Perspective is everything. Very Happy

Very Happy   I was looking forward to the kind of Mexican food we used to get in the Monterey Bay area in California.
No such luck, yet.  There were some great "Mexican" restaurants there.  Not cheap, but really good.
Authenticity?  Probably at our local street food stands.

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Post by RVGRINGO Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:19 pm

I think the best authentic Mexican food in the area will be at Viva Mexico in San Juan Cosala.

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Post by brigitte Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:32 pm

The school of cermics brought Japanese artists and masters to work here and they went to this restaurants called Juni-ko and they said it was very good. I have yet to go to a great sushi restaurant in Mexico and I could not remember the name of it but when Bob came up with the name , it came back.. I am not interested in the other restaurants mentioned, I have been to them and that is not what I am looking for. I will try this one before I give up..I was told to make reservations because it is very small and you just cannot drop by.

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Post by Rosa Venus Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:23 pm

I liked the meal I had today at Mayasume very much. Fresh grilled vegetables, "fried" rice and a combo beef/chicken/shrimp Teppanyaki. (Don't feel one way or the other about sushi so no big deal to me.) I'll be back for more from the back of the menu.

The self-proclaimed "gourmand" on TOB has already condemned Mayasyume without trying it so I encourage others to head over there to enjoy some good food.
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Post by Rosa Venus Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:17 pm

Very Happy

"Mayasume" - uhhh, no. (minus 1)

"Mayasyume" - uhhhhhhh, no. (minus 2)

(But several of those letters are in the correctly spelled name of the restaurant.)
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Post by slainte39 Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:18 pm

Were you able to make it home before being accosted by an OCIFFER from Vialidad..... lol!

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Post by Rosa Venus Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:23 pm

Ha! Yes. Luckly I only live a cuple blocks way. Beer
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Post by Trailrunner Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:04 am

Love Japanese food, looking forward to trying it. Are the people who own the restaurant or cook there Japanese? Hopefully?
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Post by slainte39 Sun Feb 11, 2018 12:18 pm

Trailrunner wrote:Love Japanese food, looking forward to trying it. Are the people who own the restaurant or cook there Japanese? Hopefully?

NO!!!!
......but don't let that stop you, they got a handle on it (the food). Thumbs up Thumbs up

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Post by Trailrunner Sun Feb 11, 2018 1:57 pm

Ohnoooo.
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Post by Clete Sun Feb 11, 2018 5:24 pm

gringal wrote:
One thing I've learned about dining out in Mexico: stop worrying about "authenticity" much.  If it tastes good, enjoy it.
Mexican cooks seem to tweak just about everything; some to the point of being a very far cry from the ethnic restaurants we were used to in the States.  Cream cheese sushi?  Haven't tried it yet, but.....open mind and mouth.
Rolling Eyes

No different than most places in the US outside of major cities. The garbage a lot of places try to pass off as Mexican are barf city. Cheddar cheese topped tasteless beans and rice, taco salads? Fettuccini alfredo is unheard of in Italy.

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