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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:04 am 
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Can anyone recommend a good Japanese restaurant in the San Jose area ? I'm not interested in the "sushi bar" or "juggling knives (ala Benihani) kind of place, but a traditional Japanese place where you sit on the tatami floor and the meal is cooked right at your table.

A place where you could take a chica for a little romantic atmosphere would be a nice touch as well.

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:32 am 
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I'm updating this request because I can't believe that none of you have ever found a good (or even not so good) Japanese place (aside from the Japanese Steakhouses)

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Can anyone recommend a good Japanese restaurant in the San Jose area ? I'm not interested in the "sushi bar" or "juggling knives (ala Benihani) kind of place, but a traditional Japanese place where you sit on the tatami floor and the meal is cooked right at your table.

A place where you could take a chica for a little romantic atmosphere would be a nice touch as well.

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The two I treid were awful. While not Japanese, Tin Jo is a pan-asian place that has several good Japanese dishes on the menu. It is one of my favorite places in SJ, and always feels like home coming to.

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:46 pm 
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You can try Fuji, a traditional Japanese restsurant at Tryp Corobici Hotel near Sabana Park.

It was rated by La Nacion about a year ago as one of the top 3 authentic Japanese restaurants in SJO.

I went there a couple times now and the food was up to par with any good authentic Japanese restaurants in North America .

We had sushi, sashimi, tempura, and the rest had Japanese beef curry and rice. They all tasted fine by me, sashimi was good, even the curry.Also, they have soba on the menu. Don't know if white tuna is a local catch, it was very tasty.

The place is styled like any traditional Japanese restaurants, with varnished unstained wood, with the sushi bar at the left of the restaurant .

The place was quiet enough for intimate dinner. Great service, the only thing lacking was ticas in Kimono :lol: Anyway,I went there just for the food and personally I found the ambience a bit lacking, as in any typical Japanese restaurants.

It's located on the second floor of the hotel at one end of the corridor. It's not cheap and some amigas were thrilled to go there.

The restaurant is long and I must say I haven't spotted any tatami rooms. Then again may be they have a couple around the corner in there, my focus was not too on the place, just food and chicas. Give them a call, may be they have tatami.




El Lamero wrote:
but a traditional Japanese place where you sit on the tatami floor and the meal is cooked right at your table.

A place where you could take a chica for a little romantic atmosphere would be a nice touch as well.



Now if you mean Shabu Shabu/Sukiyaki, I don't remember seeing that on the menu.


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