Hey everyone, I have been on a bit of a Japanese food rampage lately (nothing ot do with the Korea/Japan world cup ) and wanted to recommend 2 good places I found.

1) DONZOKO on Calle Echegaray (#3 Metro SOL). Had a nice lunch there today with a friend and I tried a combo plate called "bendo" (spelling?) that was very good.
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� "Bendo" plate.

2) Sushi Itto ( http://www.sushi-itto.com.mx/esp/pages/quees/establecimientos/europa/europa.html ) on Calle Recoletos #10 (not to be confused with Paseo de los Recoletos which is perpendicular to calle Recoletos).
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� Inside.

Saludos,
jer...

Hi Jer, I think you mean bento box.
Sushi Itto is a chain, and if it is anything like the one they have here in S.D., then it is not very good.
Thanks to your post, i'm going to have sushi tonight, that pic was delicioso!

Hey laduque, got ya on that bento box thing, thanks for clearing that up. My friend ordered and I guess he just pronounced it wrong or I understood it wrong as "bendo"

As for Sushi Itto, I know it is a chain since thay have restaurant locations at their WEBSITE but it tasted ok to me. Maybe the Japanese chefs in Spain are just better than the ones in California ( )

Funny, on the other hand, they seem to only have on restaurant in the U.S. and 2 in all of Europe (both in Spain,Madrid to be exact). MAybe the sushi is crap and I just have no taste for good sushi

Saludos,
jer...

Ok, I finally went to "Bangkok" (corner of Calle Arenal & Calle de los Bordadores) the other night for dinner with Ena and it was AMAAAAAAAAAAAZIIIIIIIIING!!!

More like a religious experience than a meal.

Seriously THE best asian food I have had since over a year ago when I had some great chinese food at a little place in Chinatown, NYC when I was last back home

So, Bangkok is WELL WORTH MULTIPLE VISITS in my book

Jill (one of the partners) at Banhkok was very nice and seemed to really make the diners feel at home.

It was also very well priced, Ena and I had a veritable Thai food orgy for about 40 Euros.

The portions were pretty big and we had:

1) tallarines fritos con pollo (fried noodles with chicken).
2) arroz frito con gambas (fried rice with shrimp, BIG ones ).
3) pollo con anacardos (chicken with cashews, more of a cashew sauce than actual cashews but it was AWESOME!).
4) langostinos al curry amarillo (jumbo shrimp in yellow curry).

and a supreme semi frozen chocolate cake ("tarta de chocolate") for desert

I AM going back SOON!

I can't wait to try the "men� del d�a" to get a total feel for the place

Saludos,
jer...