hohoHow far are you willing to travel for good sushi some of you might get in your car and drive an hour to another city
As for us we left Tokyo with two hours to Fukuoka got on a train and came to the port city of Kolkata
Tonight we are dining at Tenzushi sushi many hardcore foodies of Japan
Regard as one of some even say he is the god of sushi come let me show you what this is all about
We're starting off our very first piece, toro
An amazing way to start the meal first piece in I've been waiting for this. We've been planning this shoot for so long
It's such a bold statement to start off with toro
That's usually what people end their service off with but to begin
The delicious piece of toro like that you know you're in for a ride
So beautiful
There are so many flavors happening right now in my mouth
Mmm, the squid. It's really sweet and super soft
But then you get this like bright citrus flavor, and then suddenly there's some creaminess in there
And you realize that there's uni hiding in there and then this little
crunchy popping bubbles in your mouth of the fish eggs
And then there's like kind of sesame seeds flavor with it as well kind of nutty it's like an entire
Dinner plate being served to you with all these little dishes. That's been compacted into one piece of sushi
Wow
Don't expect these kind of flavors with sushi regularly
It was so sweet and at the same time the citrus made it so bright and refreshing and it's just such a different
Flavor profile from what you're used to when you're eating sushi in this
We're only three pieces in I don't know how much more of this
I could take I'm willing to pay the check right now and leave, and I'd be totally satisfied
I'll eat your pieces for you to worry, okay
I got this
Pray for nothing that I've even heard of being put together flounder with steamed flounder liver on top and then more magical things
I love the little pots he's like
It's beautiful
That's like a marshmallow puffy fish when you bite into it
You get the smoothness of the liver
Adding like a totally different texture to it
Then right at the end
You have this amazing fresh citrus flavor that kind of cleans out your mouth
Hmm that is a really unique fish
Every piece that you get is
A different kind of focus so that mackerel was like a test in acidity
That scallop was a test in sweetness
This one is a test in creaminess
I mean just showing you different flavor styles for each piece, and it's just so
Impressive that it's like I have this idea of what I want people experience and he creates these
combinations for you to get that in each bite
This is nuts
It's nuts guys
Seared fish with umeboshi, which is like a pickled plum
And green scallions and other surprises
Hmm still warm
Hmm
About that burst of flavor from the ume(umeboshi)
If you ate ume(umeboshi)on its own, it's quite tart. It makes your face pucker up but with the swordfish which is a pretty
Mutual tasting fish that's been grilled. It's just like this Wow pop in your mouth when you eat it that is great
This is a small red snapper with yuzu pepper
Mmm
Sweet and spicy at the same time not like burning spice
But you feel the tingle of the yuzu pepper. Oh my gosh
Everything about this place is great every bite that I have
We have this heavenly music playing. I'm not sure everyone else can hear, or it was just in my head
I think I died
This is Striped Jack
Okay
This is Striped Jack
It's a very firm fish
So it holds up the powdered soy
Sauce perfectly the soy sauce and the ginger
Managed like knock each other out rather than having something too salty to gingery, but almost it's like
Chinese food
on a piece of sushi
What's so cool about this is that
You taste different parts in different parts of your mouth
So you taste the ginger on one side?
In taste the soy on this side two very different flavors with the same fish it tastes of sesame seed in the back
So many experiences just in one mouthful this is
It's so clever
Here we have grilled fugu Milt. This is the perfect season for it right now
This is gonna be amazing
That's lovely it just
explodes into this lovely
creaminess that just coats the rice
almost like a
The closest comparison of taste I get think it was like an egg. Yolk if you bite into like a nice golden egg
Yolk and then just close it off
Not a single ounce of fishy taste to it, it's so bizarre because the concept of it is really kind of off-putting for some people
But when you eat it, it's one of the best pieces of the night
at a surprisingly good
Blowfish milt. If you don't know what milt is, look it up
Delightful
The secret sauce is sweet
Matches the eel there's no bones, there's nothing rough on my tongue. The nori has that little savory kick to it.
Oh Simon
You know what I find amazing I find amazing that, uh, Count Dracula
Enjoys sushi as well because I thought that you only drank the blood of virgins
But turns out that…
If I'm going to eat some food, it might as well be raw.
Ah ah ah~
This is super regional for this place as well
Because a lot of times you have a ginger in between each bite as a palate cleanser
But this here is a cucumber that's been rubbed with salt
And it's got a little bit of citrus on top of it. You can dip a little bit of salt there as well
That's great I
mean
Cucumbers are usually just so-so but this is such a great palate cleanser
When you're used to having a
specific kind of sushi
And then when you have some like this it breaks down
Every conception you have of what sushi should be this is
This is like a Renaissance of sushi
This is like the introduction of James Joyce into the literary canon. This is this is art
I know that you think that I'm really wanky for saying this, but this is food, art. It's
It's just so good
I'm just so happy. I just love my job. This is so great
Final piece of the night
The Tenzushi eggroll and he told us something wonderful
he says it's a bit different than most places because
This is inspired by what his mom used to put inside of his bento box, so this is gonna be a great piece
That is great. sweet
A little bit smoky as well
Custardy, but still you can taste a little bit of firmness there
It's like a dessert, but an egg
This has been such a wonderful experience. I'm just I'm so thrilled to be here
I love my life. I love this food
Mmm.
I don't even want to describe it. I just want to scrap how I feel I feel moved I feel inspired
I want to thank
Want to thank all my family and friends that got me here? I want to I want to thank the the
Academy for this award and
I want to thank my mama. I love you mama. I love you mama
Thank you. Thank you Japan for making this kind of food. I don't think he could find anything like this anywhere else in the world
Holy sh*t.
This is amazing