Sushi by Scratch Restaurants – Los Angeles

Dinner at Sushi by Scratch Restaurants - Los Angeles proved to be - yet again - one of the best, unique and delicious omakase sushi experiences in Encino, California

During the 2020 lockdown, one of the places that got me through it was the outdoor dining experience at Sushi by Scratch Restaurants, which was then known as Sushi | Bar. It felt good to have such a unique dining experience at a slightly discounted price.

The whole experience was incredible. Now, I’d seen the listing for the restaurant on DineLA a few times during the year. But, I didn’t KNOW. I couldn’t have. Seriously, my experiences at the Sushi Bar was one of the special experiences that got me through COVID.

In the blink of an eye, a few years had passed. Luckily, Scratch Restaurants had opened up a few more locations since my first visit.

After a lovely time at Sushi by Scratch Restaurants – Cedar Creek during my time in Austin, Texas to see a Dave Matthews Band concert, it was time to revisit my local location once again.

First up, were servings of the HAMACHI, TORO, KINMEDAI, SCALLOP, STRIPED JACK, SEA BREAM, SPOT PRAWN and KING SALMON.

Then, the ALBACORE, KANPACHI, AKAMI, ESCOLAR, WAGYU, BONE MARROW, UNAGI and UNI. 

But, the most entertaining aspect of the evening? Besides the wonderful impromptu spoken word poetry experience by KeShon August-McClure, one of the wonderful service personnel of the evening (absolutely beautiful poet – such a treat)….

It was the fact that the woman next to me legit did a dine and dash.

Now, I knew this woman felt a bit off when she sat next to me. But, I don’t use dinner opportunities to get into other people’s businesses. Yes, I received a recommendation to visit F&Bar in Glendale through overhearing a typical social stratification conversation between two oversharing couples.  But, a classic “midway through dinner take a phone call at the table and then say I have to use the bathroom and take ALL your stuff and don’t come back” Dine and Dash?

In our modern era of putting down a credit card on Tock to reserve your reservation?

But beyond that, the omakase experience at Sushi by Scratch Restaurants – Los Angeles was brilliantly masterful. Which some of my traditional favorites of the brand alongside new interpretations.

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