Not more than a day after I
wrote about my return visit to Hamamori to try their discounted omakase menu,
they went and discounted it again! The $48 5-course omakase meal I enjoyed a week prior is now marked down to $45.
And what used to be the $90 7-course omakase is now $69! But wait, there's more! They're doing 50% sashimi specials every night until the entire stock is sold out!
If there was a better indicator on how bad the economy is doing, I don't know it. As I noted in
this post, the restaurant has been working hard to shed its cred as the most expensive sushi joint in the county (We dubbed them "
BEST PLACE TO EAT IF SOMEONE ELSE IS PAYING"). I just had no idea how much they were willing to go to shed the image. Econ majors take note: This is supply and demand at work!
Thanks to my food blogging buddy Julian Hsu for the update!3333 Bear St # 320, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, (714) 850-0880