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A sushi spot in San Mateo where the non-sushi menu quietly steals the show. Regulars fill the seats and rarely need to look at a menu, and the chef keeps them coming back with rice dishes worth the trip on their own: hitsumamushi arrives in a hot stone vessel, the grains scorched and crackly, folded with salmon and yellowtail and finished with a kelp and green tea broth. Five variations of chirashi round things out, and lunch brings a chicken curry worth knowing about.
The awards strongest first
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Japanese restaurants in the Bay Area
One number, weighted & current 65
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Hitsumamushi
“There’s the hitsumamushi ($30), a surefire hit for those who love the crackly scorched grains at the bottom of their rice pots.”
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Chirashi
“This spot is also a chirashi lover’s paradise, with five variations on the rice bowl stacked with high-quality fish and seafood.”
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Chicken curry
“Those in the know swing by for lunch to try Arima’s superior take on chicken curry.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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