Sakimoto Sushi To Open In Walnut Creek With A5 Wagyu On Menu

WALNUT CREEK, CA — Sakimoto Sushi Lounge will open in Walnut Creek Tuesday, and diners will be treated to far more than a California roll.

If your mouth is watering for a fine steak, the restaurant will serve A5 Wagyu, the highest quality rating for Japanese Wagyu beef. Sakimoto will be the only restaurant in Walnut Creek offering A5 Wagyu, according to manager Haven Piatt, and one of the few in Northern California. "There may be one or two places in San Francisco where you can get it, but no more. You have to have connections to get A5."

Piatt credits one of the restaurant's chefs, whom he identified only as Chef Mark, with having the connections that allows the new restaurant to open its doors with A5 graded beef.

In additions to steaks, diners can also get black cod, pork rib, beef cheek or tsukune from the grill.

If you are seeking nigiri or sashimi, you'll have 20 choices to ponder. Just a few of the offerings are sea urchin, squid, octopus, scallop, spot prawn, tuna, rainbow trout, and salmon.

If you are looking for rolls or special rolls, you will have more than a dozen from which to choose, with creative ingredients, combinations and sauces.

You can sip a cocktail, wine, beer or cider as you enjoy your meal. Save room for dessert.

Sakimoto Sushi Lounge will initially open for dinner only, gradually expanding to lunch. It's in Broadway Plaza, at 1342 Broadway Plaza.

To make a reservation or check hours, phone 925-433-7469.

And if you have trouble deciding what you want to order, check out the menu online before you leave home.