Japanese Food in Florence - Giapponese Food in Firenze - Italy
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Japanese Food in Florence
Each city in Italy seems to have its own specialty food. Naples has pizza, Amalfi has lemons, Parma has prosciutto and of course, Parmesan cheese. Florence has lampredotto but neither Bradley nor I are big fans of tripe. However, the Airbnb that we stayed at in Florence boasted of a wonderful Japanese restaurant in the area and we both love Japanese food so we had to check it out.
Hoseki Ristorante Giapponese
Our host advised that there were actually several good Japanese restaurants in the neighborhood with varying price points. We chose to go to the mid-range one, Hoseki Ristorante Giapponese.
Reservations are recommended if you're planning to go at the busy dinner hour around 8pm. We got there at 7pm and they were just opening for the night. The atmosphere is relaxing and the staff were friendly.
Unagi-Don & Chirashi
We ordered the unagi-don (grilled eel rice bowl) and the chirashi (sashimi over rice bowl). The sashimi in the chirashi was pretty good for the price, but the portion was rather small.
Portion Sizes
The unagi-don was a decent sized portion. The taste of the sauce was similar to canned unagi, which is not necessarily a bad thing, just not expected at a restaurant. The texture of the unagi was very soft, even softer than anago.
Prices
The unagi-don was 13€, and the chirashi was 10€. They had sashimi plates for around 22-30€ and sushi rolls ranging from about 13-16€. If you're really craving Japanese food in Florence and have money to spare, our host recommended Niwa but advised it could probably cost around 70€ per person.
Overall, we enjoyed our night out. Was it good Japanese food? It wasn’t like being in Japan - but it was a nice break from all the pasta, pizza, and salami sandwiches!
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