Kyojin Sushi – Summer Restaurant Week 2025 🍣🌞

✍️ Overall Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 As a huge sashimi lover, I might be a little biased! 😄 My dining partner was most impressed by the third course, "The Winner," while the other dishes were slightly above average. 📒 $65 for 4 courses – a really fair price for the quality! 🦩 The restaurant has a cool bar-like vibe, and the wall of origami cranes is super unique – wonder if guests are allowed to fold and add their own? 😄 🍹 Drink: Sunset Cocktail Sweet with a hint of truffle aroma – very calming! It also contains egg white, though you can’t really taste it. 📌 Course 1: Dumplings or Clams 🥟 Dumplings – filled with A5 Wagyu, pork, and lobster! Served with two sauces: wasabi and garlic-yuzu. Personally, I still prefer vinegar though! 😋 🐚 Clams – choice of black pepper garlic or spicy yuzu broth. The yuzu flavor was strong and refreshing – not spicy at all! Way better than heavy garlic butter styles – not greasy at all! 📌 Course 2: Bluefin Tuna Sashimi 🍣 Topped with black truffle mustard (truffle flavor was subtle) and yuzu oil/vinegar – so the yuzu stood out! My partner said it was delicious! 📌 Course 3: The Winner – A stunning mix! 💯 🏆 Grilled eel, foie gras, bluefin tuna, caviar over sushi rice. This award-winning dish was the highlight! My partner said he’d come back just for this – the layers of flavor unfold like putting on clothes: first the sashimi, then truffle-wrapped fish, followed by the rich fat of foie gras and eel. Perfect portion – any more would be too heavy. 📌 Course 4: Poke Bowl or Chirashi Bowl 🍚 Poke Bowl – mixed with assorted sashimi, salmon roe, and scallops. The balsamic pearls were a unique touch! Tasty but not very filling. 🍣🍚 Chirashi Bowl I preferred this for its pure, unseasoned sashimi flavor, plus a whole shrimp! Simple but satisfying. 📌 Dessert: Nest Ice Cream Three flavors: raspberry, matcha, and honey-ginger. We tried matcha and honey-ginger. The honey-ginger tasted like vanilla ice cream with bits of ginger. The matcha was airy and slightly bitter, but still a bit too sweet for me. #DMVLife #DCRestaurantWeek #WashingtonDCRestaurantWeek #DCRecommendations #WashingtonDCSushi #DMVSushi #DMVRestaurantWeek #DMVRestaurantReview #DMVFoodShare #SushiLover #JapaneseCuisine #FoodReview #FineDining #DateNightIdeas #SummerEats #GoodValueMeal #FoodieGram #EatLocal #DCFoodScene #TasteOfJapan