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Kaede Sushi
About Kaede Sushi
Raw fish handled properly is among the more exacting jobs in any kitchen, which is why sushi counters tend to run on tight routines and small teams. Kaede Sushi shares 2070 Harvey Avenue with two other businesses, on the flat below the hillside streets of Dilworth and within a few minutes of most of the middle of the city.
Sushi in a valley city works differently than it does on the coast. Fish arrives by truck rather than off a boat nearby, and that shapes how a kitchen builds a menu around what is dependable rather than around whatever landed that morning. Beyond the nigiri and rolls everyone recognizes, kitchens vary widely in how far they go into cooked dishes, noodle bowls, tempura and set combinations at lunch, and in whether the counter or the tables are the main event. Anyone ordering for a group, or eating around an allergy, will get a better result from a conversation on the phone than from improvising at the door.
Midday is the pinch point for a kitchen of this kind, particularly in the middle of a working week, when takeaway orders compete with a full room for the same pair of hands. Ordering a little early is the usual trick. The Harvey corridor position makes this a practical stop for people already driving between downtown, Glenmore and Rutland rather than somewhere you would cross the city to reach, and parking on the valley floor is the straightforward kind rather than the sort you circle for downtown.
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