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Hey guies! Welcome to my channel.
Today I will be showing you different places to have Chirashi Bowls in San Francisco.
I love anything sushi and I feel like chirashi bowls are becoming such a big trend.
Especially since some sushi restaurants are only offering takeout right now.
I tried out a couple different places the other day and I'm super excited to show you what I ate.
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If you guys don't know, Chirashi in Japanese actually means to scatter.
When you order a box or a bowl from Japanese restaurants or sushi restaurants,
you're gonna get an assortment of raw fish dispersed across your bowl or box.
The first place I tried was Kuma Sushi + Sake and it's located on Polk Street.
From there I ordered the Chirashi Deluxe Box, which came in this really cute bamboo packaging.
They wrapped it in this little piece of fabric, plus a tiny ribbon.
I thought that was super cute and I was looking on their yelp page and
they actually do all their takeouts wrapped in either like origami paper or fabric.
and i just thought it was a really cute touch.
What makes Chirashi Bowls so popular is how beautiful the presentation can be.
And Kuma definitely did not disappoint.
The box that I ordered was so organized and beautifully plated, I was super impressed.
They even provided a little info card about what fish you're getting,
a little bit of info about the fish and where they sourced it, which I thought was super helpful.
Then from this box, I saw that they gave two pieces of each fish,
and plated on top of a bed of purple rice and shredded eggs, plus some vegetables.
Ok, one of my first impressions of eating the chirashi bowl was that the fish was super fresh.
A lot of it melted in my mouth and I loved how they gave a bunch of varieties to try from.
One of my personal favorites was definitely the uni.
I thought it melted like butter in my mouth. It was sweet and fresh.
One of the other fish that I really enjoyed was their scallops.
I thought it was super sweet as well and very fresh.
They also had little pieces of marinated tofu skins in the box,
as well as salmon roe eggs. Which i thought was really good.
So I tried their chirashi deluxe box, which cost about $59 before tax and tip.
They also have a cheaper regular alternative, which is their regular chirashi box for only $39
and it basically includes most of the fish that you're getting in the chirashi deluxe box.
However it doesn't come with uni, scallops and more of the higher-end fishes like:
tuna belly and salmon belly.
Overall, I really like this box and I would definitely buy it again.
I love how the rice was purple. It was not too vinegary, not too sweet.
It was just the right amount.
I love how their egg was shredded, so you're getting egg in every bite.
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The next place I tried was Yubu by The Shota.
The Shota is actually an omakase restaurant in San Francisco in the financial district.
However, they are currently not doing dine in right now so Yubu is their take-out concept.
I've seen this place all over social media and I wanted to try out their food so badly.
I was reading their website and they actually sourced all their fish
from Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan
which I thought was super cool and they fly it over by private jet.
This is to ensure that the fish that they are using is the highest quality that they can find.
So this is what their chirashi box looks like.
The plating was so intricate, so beautiful, more beautiful than I will ever be.
but that's okay!
In the box, I saw that they had tuna belly, tuna, salmon, scallops, uni
There was also yellowtail...um, sweet shrimp.
I love how, again, the box was very sustainable. it was placed in bamboo packaging and
they plated the fish in between bamboo leaves which I thought was super cool.
However, before i continue, I have to show you guys the box that
they're actually famous for and it's their Takata treasure box.
This is a box that has been blowing up social media, at least for me.
This box is filled with some of the most luxurious sushi items that
you can find at any sushi restaurant such as: fresh crab, uni.
They had negi tuna toro, eel, salmon roe.
Also all their chirashi boxes or donburi boxes, it also comes with a box of rice
that is topped with freeze-dried egg and salmon roe.
When you're ordering, they do have an option to add caviar to any one of their takeout boxes.
If you're feeling a little extra bougie, I definitely recommend you add it.
Because I was feeling boujee, my wallet was crying.
BUT it was so good.
And you guys, when I tell you that this was some of the best food I ever ate,
I'm not lying.
Take out experience-wise, I'm sure it will be so much better.
if I ate it like dine-in and right away but everything was so good.
I felt like the fish melted in my mouth and the uni was super sweet.
Imagine you had cotton candy and you placed it on your tongue
and it just melted instantly.
That's how I felt eating the uni. It was so good.
I never been to Japan but this place makes me really excited to hopefully visit one day.
The only thing I was a little bit disappointed in was their crab.
I don't know if I just took too long taking pictures or filming b-roll or not eating fast enough.
But I felt like the crab wasn't as juicy or fresh as I thought.
I thought it was like a tiny bit dry. I felt like it wasn't anything that special.
There were two types of crab.
You get like whole pieces of crab and also shredded crab.
The shredding crab was a little bit better.
I think it was because they added a little bit of mayo to give it more moisture... but yeah.
I felt like that was my least favorite part.
Ok, so now for the price.
This place is actually the most expensive out of all the places that I'm going to talk about today.
The chirashi box was $66 and the treasure box was $89 without tax and tip.
If you want caviar, that's an extra $40 add-on.
I know that sounds expensive, however, I feel like you are getting what you paid for,
which is a luxury takeout experience.
I felt like the food was very on par with what you get at an omakase restaurant.
If you are looking to spoil yourself for your birthday or
or spoil your loved one or you have a special occasion coming up,
I definitely would recommend this place because it is definitely a treat and
I think very different from any other take out places that you're gonna get anywhere else.
For example, that rice egg box that comes with every chirashi-donburi box that you order,
It's so cool.
I never heard a freeze-dried egg before on top of sushi rice,
and I felt like eating that I got a taste of egg in every single bite.
and I thought the egg was very well flavored.
It wasn't too sweet. it wasn't too salty. It was just right.
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The last place I tried out was Kaizen Don and they have two locations.
The original location is actually in the Outer Mission District closer to Daly City.
However, I went to the one in the Richmond district, on Balboa Street because it was closer to me.
I ordered their omakase chirashi bowl, which looks like this and...
Omg, guys - I was so surprised because there was definitely a lot of fish.
I counted and I believe I had 10 or 11 different items on there.
There was sweet shrimp, tuna. There was scallops. There was crab.
There was yellowtail, salmon.
There were so many items for the price that I got.
This place was definitely more affordable than all the other places that we went to today.
Without tax and tip, the bowl cost $34, which i think is super affordable.
Especially the amount of fish that they're giving you.
However, even though it's super affordable, the fish didn't melt in my mouth as much.
However, it was still pretty tasty.
I would definitely recommend this place if you are craving sushi but don't want to ball out.
If you're looking to save even more money and are not that hungry,
I would definitely recommend ordering their mini chirashi omakase box.
I saw that box was $24 before tax and tip.
They have so many other chirashi box selections, such as truffled salmon.
I saw there was like a rainbow sashimi.
They have so many different options that you can choose from.
And everything is super affordable.
Ok so that is all that have for today. Let me know if you want a part two.
There's definitely more chirashi places that I definitely want to check out in the city.
I also want to check out other places around the Bay Area as well.
Let me know what place would you try out the next time you're in San Francisco.
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Thank you for watching, bye!
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