The Knife

Gridskipper gives The Knife toro with a map

The Knife is on birthday assignment today, but I'll consider this an early present: Last week, Gridskipper used my list of the top toro market prices in Los Angeles to create one of its fabulous restaurant maps. (To view the map in its full glory, click here.)

An addendum: Last night, ate sushi in the unexciting city of Pasadena at a restaurant with a confidence-depleting name: Sushi of Naples. Toro was excellent, portions were generous and the entire bill came $68 -- a little more than Takami charged for its two, two-piece orders of toro. [Props to Lesley for the recommendation.]

Takami's toro is 40% more expensive than Matsuhisa's

The cause of all the trouble. Photo by Jon Cheng.

As promised, here's a roundup of today's rates for two pieces of toro sushi. I've included any comments from the restaurants. All are M.P., or market price. Conclusion: Someone at Takami is getting ripped off. Whether it's the kitchen or the customers is unclear.

Takami                             $28

Matsuhisa                        $20

Koi                                      $20

Sushi Roku                       $16 ("It's coming from Spain these days")

Sushi Nozawa                  $12 ("It's very expensive")

Sushi Sasabune               $10

The Hump                       $10