Last night, husband and I went to one of our favorite sushi places in Washington: Tono Sushi. I love that Tono has a wide selection, very fresh fish and really good brown rice sushi. I started off with miso soup and seaweed salad:
Tono offers several options for miso soup – last night I picked the tofu and yellowtail one, which, like all the others I have tried there is delicious. I particularly like the seaweed salad at Tono because it offers a sampler of several seaweeds. I rarely make use of the dressing because I like the seaweed on its own, but the dressing is very good – thick rich sesame dressing.
Husband started his meal with gyoza and chicken yakitori, two of this favorites at Tono:
The sad truth of brown rice sushi is that, if not made correctly, it can be inedible.That’s why I make the extra trek to Tono because it is the best brown rice sushi I have found in Washington, DC – it is hearty and definitely brown rice, but has the same fluffiness that regular white rice sushi has. I had a yellowtail and scallion roll as well as nigiri pieces of yellowtail and salmon:
Husband had the Manhattan Roll (Spicy Crunchy Shrimp) and the Spicy Scallop roll. He said both were delicious:
Tono Sushi is right by the Woodley Park – National Zoo Metro stop, so perfect if you are in Washington, DC and visiting the zoo. They have a sushi happy hour special with $1 nigiri sushi from 5 to 7.30pm everyday.
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I like Tono Sushi too. Have you tried Sakana (on P Street near Dupont)?
Yes, Sakana is lovely too. Sadly, no brown rice sushi there, at least to my knowledge.
Ah, gotcha. Wasn't sure if they have it or not.
Everything looks heavenly! Sounds like a wonderful dinner, CGL.
Tono has a gf miso soup? And a GF seaweed salad? I thought most miso has barley and most seaweed salad has soy sauce…I'd love to find gf versions!
Hi M – I should change this review, as I wrote it while I was still in the midst of an elimination diet when I wrote this review (2 years ago) and at that point was attempting to reintroduce gluten. Why don't you email me directly citylifeeats at gmail com and I can answer any questions about old reviews (I went 100% gluten-free in april 2010 after i finished the testing and elimination diet).