"A meal at Shin Sushi costs around $240 a head, but if you’re in the market for a once-a-year omakase experience, you won’t find fresher, more unique fish than at this Encino institution. The chef, Take-san, will chat with you the whole time you’re there, probably ask you about your favorite football team, and offer his own predictions for the upcoming season even if you aren’t totally sure what football is. Then he’ll get to work making sushi standouts that include oysters with firefly shrimp, sea eel, and baby barracuda." - brant cox, sylvio martins
