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248-626-9110
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Since 1985
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THE WEST IN
SOUTHFIELD-DETROIT
CALL 248-826-4000
or visit us at
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portable Sushi Bar, Sushi Chef,
Waitresses in Kimonos. Full Wet Bar.
NOW SERVING Wash-Gyu, a mixture of
Japanese Wagyu Beef & Black Angus Beef
Lunch 1130 to 1:45Mon-Sat
Dinner 4:45 to 10:00 Mon-Friday
Sat Dinner 5 to 10 • Sun Dinner 5 to 9
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French, Chinese, Taiwanese
inding a good
and English .:. Order in any
authentic Japanese
of the languages and OJ will
restaurant in any
understand without any
form these days is
problem.
not easy ... Many border on
Waiter Dave Gregory will
authenticity in some ways,
take your order in either
but always seem to deviate in
Japanese or English ... He
unfamiliar directions.
studied the Japanese language
Tucked away in a hidden
DAN NY
in Chicago and here at
area of a strip shopping cen-
RAS KIN
Oakland Community College.
ter on Orchard Lake Road
Local Co lumnist
Seeing American customers
south of 13 Mile in
reading a Japanese newspaper
Farmington Hills, OJ's Sushi
would suggest they, too, can speak the
Bar may not be easy to find ... but is
fast becoming noted as one . of the best language.
When it opened two years ago on
sushi operations in this sector.
July 7, people did not realize what
It looks like nothing from the out-
they were getting ... Word of mouth
side ... and is certainly not a place
has brought a strong and loyal cus-
where you would ordinarily stop ...
tomer base.
unless you knew about the Japanese
It has also become known for the
food it serves.
.
Japanese dishes that cannot be
OJ's Sushi Bar is a small place ...
seating only about 30 in the little
dining room ... and another 11 at a
separate sushi bar.
You can taste the freshness ... and
nothing is more important at a
Japanese restaurant than fresh ... And
the temperatures in which food is
maintained must not by any means
fluctuate ... These factors are so very
vital.
This is definitely very Japanese ...
not a combination of two worlds or
an aside along with another cuisine.
It is also one of the few Japanese
restaurants around where the chef is
its owner, too.
Ei-Jen Susuki (OJ), behind the sushi
counter, is responsible for the hand-
written menu ... with Japanese charac-
Ei-Jen "OJ" Susuki
ters and English printing detailing an
extensive selection ... Also handwritten
obtained anywhere else in this area ...
by OJ is a wall board with other varied
Like sushi mackerel with ginger and
choices.
cucumber and dry seaweed ... red
Some of the dinner items are avail-
clam, cooked scallions and seaweed
able for lunch, too ... But there is a
mixed with a miso vinaigrette ...
separate lunch menu for faster in-and-
chicken with seaweed and cucumber,
out service.
mixed with a ginger vinaigrette.
Ei-Jen (or OJ) has been in America
OJ's original dish of Age Nasu Yama
only 14 years ... However, you wouldn't
Kake
is an excellent winner ... fried e lt
know it by the way he speaks ... going to
plant,
grated Japanese mountain potato,
Montreal from Japan ... and then spend-
served with wasabi and soy sauce.
ing time here at Musashi in Southfield,
Of course there are the usual sushi,
Kyoto in Troy, Little Tree in Royal Oak
sashimi, tempuras, etc. ... but take an
and Cherry Blossom in Novi.
adventurous tour of some of the best
Speaking English very fluently is an
out-of-the-ordinary" sushi around.
asset ... as are all five languages in
The sliced fresh tuna strewn over
which he can converse ... Japanese,
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sushi rice dinner entree is outstanding
... as is the three-assortment vegetarian
Maki Sushi ... plum roll, sweet squash
roll and pickled radish roll ... and
fresh-sliced seafood, sweet omelet, shi-
itake mushrooms and salmon roe scat-
tered over sushi rice.
There's even the real thing in deli-
cious green tea ice cream ... Not an
imitation.
The inside has nowhere near the
fancy look ... But the cleanliness far
makes up for any elaborate appearance.
The beauty is definitely in the
Japanese food itself ... highlighting in
no small measure one great feature of
the many that are so good about little
OJ's Sushi Bar.
Its location may have worked
against it in some ways ... But once
discovered, OJ's Sushi Bar will bring
folks back.
LAST YEAR WAS a sweltering and
very uncomfortable 94 degrees in the
shade.
This year, most folks the day before
would have been happy for it again ...
instead of the rain galore, then torna-
do warnings with beckoning shelter
coverage.
Next day started out
cloudy ... but the
weather eventually
turned into one of the
finest days the excellent
11th annual Hank
Greenberg Memorial
Golf & Tennis
Invitational has seen ...
with a very comfortable
low-70s temperature.
It was a great day for
golfing and tennis ...
and a lot of conviviali-
ty and memories ... for
more than 300 who
came for the games,
dinner and show-ban-
quet later.
Irving Lash thrilled
at the recent 65th
anniversary celebrated by he and wife,
Rose ... with all 35 family members
celebrating at their son Steve's and
daughter-in-law Carol's home ... Jim
Grossman at the wheel of a golf cart
sunning himself by the table where
WDFN hosts Bob Wojnowski and
Mike Stone, did their radio show.
Mickey Shapiro with hellos all over
the place ... Pete Yura telling folks his
real name is Irving ... The "Pete," as
every knows him, was after the one-
time Detroit Tiger outfielder Pete Fox.
Co-chairman Billy Berris taking
credit for the day being so beautiful ...
since it was his birthday.