Restaurant & Food///Sushi
Sakura Kitchen Sakura Kitchen is a comfortable stop for sushi and popular no-fuss Japanese dishes. Owned by Seigo “Bob” Yoshida, the restaurant is constantly packed with local residents looking for their fix. Sakura’s signature sushi is the samurai roll, a maki roll filled with avocado and crab meat and topped with shrimp, fried tempura crumbs and more avocado before being drizzled with Japanese mayonnaise and eel sauce. The pairing of sweet eel sauce, avocado and creamy crab meat makes Sakura’s Kitchen an easy choice. Though it isn’t a sushi dish, Fanrina M. Orlando, supervisor at Sakura’s Kitchen, assured R&R Pacific that the restaurant’s tonpei was not to be overlooked. The dish, made of shredded cabbage topped with egg and fried bacon and drizzled with Japanese mayonnaise, okonomi sauce and green onions, is reminiscent of the traditional savory cabbage pancake okonomiyaki and provides a hefty serving that is meant to be shared with friends.
Location: 667 N. Marine Dr. Suite 103 Tamuning, Guam 96913 (671) 647-1623
Hours of Operation: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., daily Closed New Year’s Day, Christmas and Thanksgiving
Tairyo Sushi Tairyo Sushi is another kaiten sushi restaurant, where plates with prepared sushi are placed on a conveyor belt for customers seated at a bar or table to choose. Tairyo offers an easily affordable kaiten sushi experience with no loss of flavor. According to Lother B. Sorio, chef and co-manager at Tairyo, three of their most popular dishes are the pepper roll, tempura roll and spicy baked mussels sushi. The pepper roll, a brightly colored maki roll, is filled with fresh salmon, avocado and nori, with dried chili peppers and the restaurant’s signature spicy mayonnaise on top. Served freshly baked, the roll delivers a surprising kick of heat that pika lovers will enjoy. The tempura roll, made with shrimp that is dipped in batter and deep fried before being blanketed in vinegar rice and covered with nori, is a great way to recover your taste buds from the pepper roll’s bite before you indulge in more. The spicy baked mussels sushi is a gunkan style sushi with rice wrapped in nori topped with mussels and the restaurant’s spicy mayonnaise and baked before serving. Tairyo is an easy restaurant to settle into for a swift and savory sushi experience. Location: Blue Lagoon Plaza Suite F1 & F2 Tumon, Guam (671) 647-8877
Hours of Operation: Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., daily Dinner: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., daily
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