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On September 27, 2007, I had dinner at Urasawa. Urasawa is my favorite restaurant in Southern California and definitely one of my favorite places to dine in the world. I used my Expodisc for white balance and shot in RAW. I adjusted the exposure in Photoshop CS3.

I also too another trip on November 9, 2007. Rather than create a new set of pictures, I simply added to the end of this one. I didn't take pictures of everything...just some dishes that I didn't already have pictures of.

Lenses used:
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L
EF 100mm f/2.8 macro

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Dan > This is the sign in the downstairs garage before you enter the building. Urasawa is open by reservation only with only one seating per day.

Dan > This is the sign in the downstairs building once you enter from the parking lot. There are 2 elevators. The one on the right takes you right in front of Urasawa. If you take the other elevator, you need to walk to the right (where the bathrooms are) to find the main entrance.

It's better to take the Urasawa elevator because it alerts his staff that someone is coming up and they greet you at the door.

Dan > The main entrance. Behind the blue curtain is one of the best restaurants in the world.

Dan > The smooth sandpapered table. The table is sandpapered every day.

Dan > A small container containing toothpicks.

Dan > Wasabi root. Hiro grates these to make real wasabi for the sushi. There's no powered wasabi here.

Dan > Tray of fresh fish. Hiro said he goes through the entire tray in one full evening. All fish is organic and wild. He does not use any farm raised fish and says he pays 3-5X the price for this top quality fish. Different fish is also flown in from various parts of the world. He gets a shipment in from Japan 3 times per week.

Dan > The tray of raw fish. The big hunk of ice got smaller as the night wore on. by the end of the night, it was a fairly thin sheet of ice. You can see the live scallop. The container on the right of the scallop contains cut up raw shrimp (amaebi). You can see the toro and red snapper on the bottom.

Dan > Hiro's knives.

This is the sign in the downstairs garage before you enter the building. Urasawa is open by reservation only with only one seating per day.

> This is the sign in the downstairs garage before you enter the building. Urasawa is open by reservation only with only one seating per day.

This is the sign in the downstairs garage before you enter the building. Urasawa is open by reservation only with only one seating per day.

Camera: Canon (Canon Eos 40d) |

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Original size: 3888px x 2592px |

Current: 400px x 267px |

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