Minato Sushi

I went out this evening to Minato Sushi (Moorpark and Janss in the north shopping center) with the other real fish lover in the family.

I don't spend as much time with Stephen (the dreaded middle child — he was the baby of family for eight years) as I probably should, but we always enjoying hanging out together and he really likes sushi. It was a perfect combination and made for a nice dinner for the two of us... good food and conversation.

He's still learning. We both learned that he's not ready for Jalapeno Poppers yet. He tried both gifts (baked Saba and some sort of Squid). He loved the Mackerel (I liked it, but I grew up on it, and like raw Mackerel better). The squid he wasn't too happy with, but I actually liked it (I'm not usually a squid kinda guy, I cut too much squid for bait as a kid but this was delicate and had a rich flavor).

If you like sushi and haven't yet tried Minato, you should. They have great service, a nice quiet atmosphere and good food; I recommend it. I've had my own chopsticks there for several months which is a neat feature for regulars. They've got all the normal stuff and tend to have things that smaller sushi bars may not (they cut their own fish, so they've almost always got kama, can do any kind of seared dish you like and have come up with some interesting twists like the pink scallops they had some months ago). If you like cold Sake, try their lemon Sake.