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One Of Top 10 Restaurants In Bay Area Is This Berkeley Hot Spot

"The negitoro minidon is a small but ridiculously sumptuous bowl of glistening fatty-tuna cubes, nestled on soft pads of dashi omelet."

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Fish & Bird Sousaku Izakaya serves a corn and sea-bean fritter that mixes fresh kernels and the asparaguslike plants grown in salt marshes, then tempura-fries them into a matcha-dusted bird’s nest for the perfect sweet-salty indulgence.
Fish & Bird Sousaku Izakaya serves a corn and sea-bean fritter that mixes fresh kernels and the asparaguslike plants grown in salt marshes, then tempura-fries them into a matcha-dusted bird’s nest for the perfect sweet-salty indulgence. (Scott Anderson/Patch)

BERKELEY, CA — Have you eaten the A5 wagyu yakiniku and seafood for two at Fish & Bird Sousaku Izakaya in Berkeley?

The San Jose Mercury-News released a list this month of what its reviewers consider the 50 best restaurants in the Bay Area this year. Included in the Top 10 was Fish & Bird Sousaku Izakaya of Berkeley

Reviewers had a long list of don't-miss-dishes, ending with Basque cheesecake for dessert.

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"From the bar, one might enjoy an Espadin mezcal with red yuzu kosho, then move on to something from the charcoal grill that elevates everything it touches: local cod marinated in Oakland sake lees, say, or marbled steak with bracing anchovy ponzu."

Fish & Bird Sousaku Izakaya is at 2451 Shattuck Ave. in Berkeley.

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