Kitto Japanese Restaurant (833 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, phone: 604-687-6622) is a very popular spot for authentic Japanese cuisine, at lunch or dinner. It is located on the Granville Street strip downtown, very close to the Commodore Ballroom and the Orpheum Theatre (home of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra). I enjoyed the Smoked Salmon Roll (pictured below, $4.25), as well as the Unagi Don (also pictured below, $11.95) which is BBQ Eel served on rice with a garnish of Japanese pickle and seaweed. For more photos please visit my previous review.

Smoked Salmon Roll Sushi (Delicious!!) – $4.25

Unagi Don (Japanese BBQ Eel served on rice) – $11.25

Maruchu Japanese BBQ Dining (2065 – 4580 #3 Road, Richmond, BC, Canada, phone 604-214-3770) offers an authentic Japanese version of the popular Korean BBQ style dinner, where you are given marinated meats and cook them yourself at a grill at your table. If you’ve tried Korean BBQ before you’ll find the Japanese style quite similar, but perhaps a bit less spicy. Reservations are recommended, as the restaurant is quite small and gets full on weekends. Price per person is in the $20-30 range, depending on how hungry you are!

A plate of raw meat that is marinated and topped with sesame seeds and green onion.

A plate of marinated meat before we cooked it on the BBQ at the table.

The BBQ in action!

Tomokazu Japanese Restaurant (20-1128 West Broadway, Vancouver, phone 604-677-0426) is my favorite place for all you can eat sushi in Vancouver. The deluxe menu ($22.95 per person) includes many delicious items (some of which are pictured below) that one can usually find only at a-la-carte Japanese restaurants. For more photos please visit Part 2 and Part 1.

Tuna Tataki and Beef Tataki

Ebi sunomono salad (with prawn)

Spicy seafood cone and soft-shell-crab roll

Assorted sushi

Assorted sushi

Assorted sashimi