Squid Cartilage at ICHIZA
If you’ve ever had a hankerin’ for a little deep fried squid cartilage — and let’s face it who hasn’t? — then point to the poster on the wall at Ichiza (that doubles as a menu for the place) and get yourself a plateful of the little nippers.
They’re surprisingly good — sorta like popcorn shrimp, only a bit more toothsome — and go quite nicely with a glass of junmai daiginjo sake.
And while you’re at it, grab some oysters in ponzu sauce, some jalopy fried rice, slimy raw wasabi octopus, and a little albacore sashimi, for one of the better Japanese snack meals around town.
Click on the link below to hear why Slapsie Maxie and ELV are so crazy about this place.
ICHIZA
4355 West Spring Mountain Road
Las Vegas, NV 89102-8784
702.367.3151
Restaurant reviews, quips, picks and pans-with some seriously salivating history-from the man who eats his way through Sin City every day.
May 28th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Isn’t it “Junmai Daiginjo”? Or have I been looking like an ass at Japanese restaurants all these years by pronouncing it wrong?
May 29th, 2010 at 10:20 am
it is junmai daiginjo, I saw that too…
June 19th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
If you are interested in ordering this, its actually called squid soft bone fritter. $4.50 an order for the cost conscious. I asked for the squid cartilage and the waitress looked at me like I was crazy and then tried to offer me the calamari. But I recommend getting the baby octopus instead. Very tasty!