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About this place
At Kokoroan, nigiri is served ready to enjoy without dipping it in soy sauce. Diners have noted that each topping is seasoned individually. It is a distinctive touch, whether you are having lunch at the counter, one piece at a time, or letting an omakase dinner unfold.
One reported lunch order of the superior set included tuna, scallop and Spanish mackerel sashimi, agedashi eggplant, tempura, chawanmushi, nigiri with sea bream, tuna, fresh conger eel and squid, miso soup and dessert. The fresh conger eel nigiri particularly stood out for its texture and flavour. The set’s usual line-up also includes a small side dish, salad, sashimi, tempura, nigiri, chawanmushi, soup and dessert, making it a good choice for lunch if you would like more than sushi.
For a meal centred on nigiri, the lunch sushi set comes with nigiri, a small side dish, salad, chawanmushi, soup and dessert. The superior and special sets also include one cooked dish. Choosing by the number of pieces and what comes alongside them gives you a different sort of meal from the assorted set, which offers a little of several dishes.
One lunchtime diner particularly enjoyed the chawanmushi and tempura, which helped make the meal memorable beyond the nigiri. With chawanmushi and soup included in the sushi sets and assorted sets, there is plenty to savour if you are looking for a lunch that goes beyond sushi alone.
For dinner, the menu lists two omakase courses: Course A combines sashimi and sushi with a seasonal dish and one cooked dish, while Course B includes two cooked dishes. Drinks include beer, barley, potato, rice and soba shochu, as well as wine. The options range from nigiri-focused sets at lunch to dinners that include cooked dishes.
