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      <image:caption>特上 ちらし Deluxe Chirashi with tuna, toro, urchin, salmon roe, white fish, abalone, shrimp, squid, eel, and omelette - Content may slightly vary to include the best fish based on chef’s discretion $48 **Please note there maybe days where sea urchin is not included due to inability to get shipment because of weather conditions. For those instances Chef ensures to add fish that are comparable or more**</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Take Out - No.2 Cherry Blossom Chirashi</image:title>
      <image:caption>桜 ちらし Classic Japanese Chirashi with egg, shrimp, eel, sea bream, mackerel, bamboo $27</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Take Out - No.3 Box Sushi - Shrimp or Eel</image:title>
      <image:caption>箱寿司海老・鰻 A special Osaka treat called hako-zushi, sushi compacted in a box-like press topped with shrimp or fresh water eel Shrimp $25 ・Eel $35</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>太巻 Our version of the Futomaki with shrimp, sea eel, shiitake mushroom, mitsuba, omelette $30</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>細巻セット A combination with 3 traditional slim cut rolls (Tuna, Cucumber, Kanpyo) $27</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Take Out - Gift Card Available!</image:title>
      <image:caption>We have both physical and digital gift cards available.  Please CLICK HERE to purchase your digital gift card. If you would like to purchase the physical gift card, please visit our restaurant during business hours.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Accolades - Michelin Guide</image:title>
      <image:caption>Chef Susumu Ii is no stranger to the SoCal dining scene and his sushiya flaunts an equally fluent repertoire. The space is chic and well designed; and the kaiseki-style menu, complete with Japanese-imported fish and local ingredients, is a tribute to the seasons.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Accolades - 75 Best OC Restaurants 2022</image:title>
      <image:caption>"Chef Susumu Ii’s Osaka-inspired sushi restaurant is supremely elegant...You will feel as if you’re dining in Japan."</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Accolades - Top 5 Hot New Restaurants: OC’s Best Places to Eat 2020</image:title>
      <image:caption>Critic Brad A. Johnson says despite the pandemic, great restaurants have opened this year.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Accolades - Review: Sushi Ii in Newport Beach feels like a private sanctum</image:title>
      <image:caption>Critic Brad A. Johnson says Sushi Ii is the swankiest sushi restaurant ever to open in Orange County, and while indoor dining is currently paused, stellar takeout is available.</image:caption>
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