A soul-shattering sushi experience: Takashi Saito is a three Michelin Star sushi chef running Sushi Saito, a restaurant regarded one the best in Japan. Food and travel bloggers Simon and Martina Stawski spent a day with Saito from early in the morning when he picks the fresh fish himself from the Tsukiji Market to him bringing it back to the restaurant and preparing and serving it. And it’s not about “freshness,” Saito buys tuna fish that has been aged for a few days and ages it further still in his fridge prior to serving it. “Sushi is very simple … I don’t do anything different … I want people to experience the real taste of the food … It’s not just about the taste, but about the heart and mind too,” Saito says about the sushi experience at his restaurant. “This is not a chef, this is a magician … everything you eat is so disorientingly good,” Simon says (runtime 17:04).

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