Yoshi’s Oakland- Oakland, CA

We came to Yoshi’s to watch some classic jazz–my first jazz concert, in fact. It was Count Basie’s Orchestra, and the music, the lighting, the drinks, and the congratulations made my night; and I can thank my uncle for that amazing experience.

Truthfully, we went to Yoshi’s to reserve the best seats for the concert (a nice thing they do for concert-goers), but it was actually an excellent meal, and we ordered dishes from tempura to sushi.

When we arrived, I was hungry, hungry, HUNGRY. But the service was excellent, and the food came right away (maybe they noticed me stealing glances at the kitchen 😉 ). We started out with oysters and the hamachi crudo. The oysters came out hot– I almost dropped them back on my plate after taking a bite! 🙂 They were delicious though, and the hamachi crudo, recommended to us by our wonderful waitress, was probably the best dish we had that night. Kudos!

After those appetizers, we ordered some sushi. We got the spicy tuna (eh), japonese, lobster tempura, spider, and warrior. I really like the fact that they name so many sushi rolls after San Francisco sports teams, although, I would not recommend the spicy tuna. First of all, it was blatantly MEDIOCRE, and second of all, it wasn’t even named after a sports team. Just kidding. It was okay, but I know you can do better the next time you visit Yoshi’s. Like the warrior! The warrior was the best out of the rolls we ordered, so if you’re just a couple people sitting at a table, I would recommend getting that as your main, or even as sharing dish. These are a few of the sushi rolls we ordered:

Yoshi’s serves pretty standard sushi, nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary. That being said, if you’re going for a concert there, I would definitely recommend going for dinner first, because they have excellent service and will give you the best seating possible. Their food isn’t too bad either! 🙂

So (figures), I was still kind of hungry, so we ordered the vegetable tempura and the sea bass as a follow up. The tempura was a little greasy, but other than that, it was pretty good. Also, the sweet corn on the sea bass was pretty incredible, sweet and buttery that it was.

For dessert (come on, we needed to make up for the extra time!), we had the cafe brownie. Eh! Mediocre. The berries and gelato that we ordered later were much better (plus, they came with sake).

At the end of the night, I was feeling jazzy (pun totally intended). Yoshi’s was a delicious meal, and the concert was a stellar first jazz experience.

Food: 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
JAZZ!!!: 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂