Oops, I haven't posted today's LEO column yet, or Marsha's either.
And okay, Andrew, I take your point to some extent, particularly as it applies to Tokyo and perhaps Hanabi and maybe Hiko-A-Mon. In part, okay, it was mostly a shtick.
I'll defend my assertion, though, as spelled out in the article: Sushi came first to the strip, long before most people in Louisville were willing to eat it; and it's been a decade since Sapporo arrived and established its dominance as one of the city's top sushi joints. Now the fairly rapid arrival of a bunch more has turned Baxter/Bardstown into sort of a sushi strip.
Really, though, it wasn't intended to be sectarian or competitive, and I'm sorry you took it that way. Particularly since Wasabiya under-impressed me with its lack of devotion to freshness, so it was hardly a glowing review.
andrew mellman wrote:Robin, I must take umbrage at your insular view of the city in, "It’s only natural that sushi would have attained its firmest grip here."
I live NE, just outside the Watterson and inside of the Snyder. From our house, in less than five minutes I can get to:
--Shogun on Chamberlain Lane
--Tokyo on Lime Kiln
--Hanabi in Prospect
--the all-you-can-eat sushi buffet on Chamberlain Lane
--Hiko a Mon in Westport Village
--Fuji Japanese in Springhurst
While it's true some of these are better than others, and some I'd prefer not visiting, none the less I think I'm in more of a "firm grip area" than you, I live in what you tend to term "the suburbs", and some of those I've listed are very good indeed!
