A childhood in Hawai’i and a little more than a decade in Japan 🇯🇵 doesn’t make me an expert in all things fish. It means my definition of “good fish” is probably different from someone who eats quinoa, burritos, or Panda Express 🐼 every other day. . If you lived on a farm for the first 10 years of your life, and you ate steak made by steak lovers - every other day. Then, you moved to actual farm that invented steak, where they won steak awards from all over the steak world, and you lived there for another 10 years - you’d probably know a few things about steak. No - You’re not an expert, but you know more about your steak than the average person who eats a well-done steak once a month, and claims to know steak. You may know a lot about steak, but nowhere NEAR as much as a bearded expert hipster with a Ph.D in Steakology, who experienced two weeks of vacation in Japan, has a thorough knowledge of millennial-anime “must watch” lists, a recently cited Reddit post about hentai, and immediate access to google - I mean, compared to that, you’re like Pre-Death Jon Snow: “You know absolutely nothing. Not even a little. Not even a teenie bit.” . But seriously - the fish quality is straight Island. The Executive Chef/ Owner of Kenaki knows his fish (he’s kind of an island guy). . Rather than attempt to blow your tongue off with a shotgun of menu items, hyper-exotic ingredients, and dishes requiring triple-backflip-while-blindfolded-cooking-techniques; the menu is laser focused with its aim on quality fish - “Kenaki” knows it’s identity. . For new Sushi spots, I go straight to the sashimi: a 16-piece sashimi plate; from amaebi, toro to tako. It was all like butter from the sea. Not a single hint of fishy-ness. Each piece gave me involuntary “Oh-F*ck-Me-Faces” and toe curls. . Kenaki’s dishes are definitely modern, but it doesn’t say, “Look at me! I’m trying way to hard to be Modern!” - there’s no pretentious feel about it. instead, it says, “This is sushi. This is how it is, this is how it could be.” *(and then it bows, respectfully)* . #kenakisushicounter #Kenaki #Sushi #Sashimi #torosashimi #PineappleSake #SakeLemonDrop #washingtondc #dmv #foodiegram #foodporn (at KENAKI Sushi Counter) https://www.instagram.com/doc_frio/p/BsCua0PA_14/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=126ge3k3ossv