The 25 Best Restaurants In Nashville - Nashville - The Infatuation

"It's impossible to use restraint when talking about Kisser, a lunch-only Japanese spot in East Nashville. Seriously, this caption could just be a voice note of us shouting “Yellowtail collar! Katsu sando!” and the rest of the menu items. But alas, we’ll control ourselves. Restraint is just not the natural response when item after item on the menu is so delicious and checks all the boxes for a dream lunch. Nice cold appetizer? Enter a red snapper crudo with chilled dashi-marinated eggplant. Something hearty to warm us up? Hello, Japanese curry gravy over steamed rice with a crispy katsu cutlet. One does not casually discuss this restaurant in civilized conversation. You loudly banter back and forth like overly passionate football fans at a tailgate." - jackie gutierrez jones 2, carlo mantuano, ann walczak