Vancouver Magazine

Aficionados willingly cross the bridge to join West Van locals for chef-owner Nobu Ochi’s innovative, artfully plated dishes. The Stuffed Tomato is a jewel-like lead-in, a nigiri-style wrap of ahi tuna around spicy scallop filling, topped with pearls of wasabi-infused tobiko. Tickle your taste buds with the Hamachi Peak, combining yellowtail, shiso, and green onion in a tempura-crisped tofu-crêpe blanket drizzled with sweet soy reduction. Tails Up! is a small school of lightly battered kisu (Japanese whitefish) stuffed with spot-prawn pâté, then halved and upended in pools of spicy saikyo miso sauce with balsamic reduction. A stellar array of premium saké offers ample opportunity for topnotch sips.