Sushi Kashiba

Japanese restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S.

47°36′36″N 122°20′30″W / 47.6099°N 122.3416°W / 47.6099; -122.3416

Sushi Kashiba is a Japanese restaurant at Pike Place Market in Seattle,^[1] in the U.S. state of Washington.^[2]^[3]^[4] It was established by Shiro Kashiba, who previously founded the city's first sushi counter.^[5]

Description

Sushi Kashiba is a Japanese restaurant in Seattle. The interior has minimalist white walls.^[6] The menu includes flounder fin, Norwegian smoked mackerel, tuna, uni, fried prawn heads, sweet egg, and sake.^[7]

Reception

Jade Yamazaki Stewart and Harry Cheadle included Sushi Kashiba in Eater Seattle's 2023 list of nine restaurants in the city "where you can comfortably eat alone".^[8] In The Infatuation's 2024 overview of Seattle's toughest restaurant reservations, Aimee Rizzo and Kayla Sager-Riley said, "Sushi Kashiba is an institution, and the best sushi restaurant in Seattle, thanks to incredible imported and local fish prepared by a talented chef who is practically a celebrity at this point... You want a legendary seafood-eating experience that you can brag about to everyone you know? Sushi Kashiba always delivers."^[9] Rizzo and Sager-Riley also included the business in a 2024 list of Seattle's best sushi restaurants, in which they said Sushi Kashiba ranked first,^[10] as well as a 2024 overview of the city's best Japanese eateries.^[7]

Recognition

In 2024, chef Shiro Kashiba was awarded Japan's Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays "in recognition of his contributions to the promotion of Japanese food culture and training the next generation of Japanese food chefs."^[11]^[12]

References

^ Lombardi, Matthew (2018-04-24). Moon Washington. Avalon Publishing. ISBN 978-1-63121-890-3. Archived from the original on 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ Fodor's Pacific Northwest: Portland, Seattle, Vancouver & the Best of Oregon and Washington. Fodor's Travel. 2023-09-19. ISBN 978-1-64097-627-6. Archived from the original on 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ "Sushi Kashiba". Bon Appétit. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ "Sushi Kashiba Review - Downtown - Seattle". The Infatuation. 2022-01-21. Archived from the original on 2024-04-06. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ Williams, Allison (2021-08-03). Moon Pacific Northwest Road Trip: Seattle, Vancouver, Victoria, the Olympic Peninsula, Portland, the Oregon Coast & Mount Rainier. Avalon Publishing. ISBN 978-1-64049-451-0. Archived from the original on 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ Vermillion, Allecia (2016-09-19). "Shiro Kashiba: The Story of Seattle's Legendary Sushi Chef". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ ^a ^b "The Best Japanese Restaurants In Seattle - Seattle". The Infatuation. 2023-04-25. Archived from the original on 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ Stewart, Jade Yamazaki (2022-09-22). "9 Seattle Restaurants Where You Can Comfortably Eat Alone". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ "The Toughest Reservations In Seattle Right Now (And How To Get Them) - Seattle". The Infatuation. 2022-09-27. Archived from the original on 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ "The 19 Best Sushi Restaurants In Seattle - Seattle". The Infatuation. 2022-01-21. Archived from the original on 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ Mizoguchi, Barbara (July 12, 2024), "Shiro Kashiba and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays", North American Post
^ "Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle: 2024 Spring Conferment of Decorations (Mr. Shiro Kashiba, Owner of Sushi Kashiba)". Retrieved 2024-07-14.