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Sushi a la Francaise, Chinese-Style

We stopped in last night at Musashi, the new Japanese restaurant in the former Olive Garden space at 6th and Hennepin, downtown, and took a seat at the sushi bar.

When I asked for omakase, the sushi chef who greeted us gave me a puzzled look.

"Teppanyaki?," he asked - or something that sounded like that.

"No, "I said, "omakase."

"We don't have that."

Eating Japanese, I Think We're Eating Japanese

And if you're not eating Japanese yet, what exactly are you waiting for?

First, there was a minor surge in the opening of small sushi and bento box places over the past year. Then, last week, in roughly the time it took for 2007 to become 2008, we went from an urban core with shamefully slim Nipponese offerings to -- poof! -- practically overnight, Sushi Central on the upper side of Hennepin Ave.

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