Oishii Sushi (South End Location), 1166 Washington Street, Boston, MA

Me and Chef Ting (Owner)

Oishii Boston is a totally different world from Oishii Chestnut Hill and we had a few minutes to chat with the uber-friendly Chef/Owner, Chef Ting about the difference.  Greeting us with hugs and smiles, as my friend Erika has been a regular for years, his smile and great energy was tremendous and contagious. 

Oishii Boston is sexy and the out-of-this world creative dishes even sexier!  Watching what comes out of the kitchen is like attending a high end fashion runway show.

We sat at the sushi bar where just watching the talented, fast hands of Boston's top sushi chefs was entertainment and satisfaction enough!  The did brilliant tricks with torched kobe beef maki rolls with arugula centers, seared hamachi and O-toro, dollops of tobiko (flying fish roe- a personal favorite) and ikura (salmon roe).

We, of course, ordered our favorite spicy, crunchy tuna Gunkan followed by a few pieces of sashimi: o-toro, hamachi, and Grade A uni.

Hamachi, Uni, and O-toro

We followed up with beautiful torched kobe beef and salmon topped with ikura.

I really enjoyed the miso shiru (miso soup) with wrapped sea bass, made more aromatic by an outer bowl of fresh mint leaves seeped (tableside) in boiling water.

The highlight was a spicy dish of o-toro topped with tempura serrano and jalapeno peppers and gold flakes.