Sashimi Omakase (~$28). This one is particular nice due to the color pairs. Ikura (salmon roe) or sea urchin over sashimi is exceptionally tasty.
	Sashimi Omakase $35. The presentation is always flawless, I'd say the best in the business. Seared toro is my favorite.
	Some crazy dish involving seared yellowtail chunks and potato flakes ($9).
	Salmon Tartare ($9). Has chunks of mozzerella, the sauce is soy with some garlic added.
	Iwai-Zen. New Year's special with 23 different types of Japanese food. I seemed to notice kobe beef (sashimi), black cod miso? - $30
	Kani Harumaru $7. The curved shape of this dish is stylish. The crab spring roll was good (inside was creamy) but not spectacular like everything else.
	More Sashimi Omakase. This dish cost $45!!! I suspect the large pieces of Spanish Mackerel were the main infringers. Kanpachi and toro too.
	Hamachi Uzusukuri - $12. One of my favorite dishes ever, the ponzu sauce is perfect and the dab of hotsauce adds the right amount of spicy. You must get this. Beats Nobu's yellowtail jalepeno
	More more sashimi omakase ($28). For some reason much cheaper than the previous one. Note the tiny raw oyster and sweet shrimp over grapefruit chunks. I never liked raw shrimp until Oga's.
	Green and White Tofu. Insane concoction of tofu, tuna chunks, sea urchin, salmon roe (Oga's roe is excellent, not too salty), sweet shrimp (currently in season).
	Oysters with Yuzu sauce. Set over carmelized onions and baked with mozzerella on top. Hard to tell from this crappy photo but this dish was terrific.
	Another sashimi omakase ($29). Liked the sweet shrimp which they put some sea salt on. Uni on top of toro is always killer and the cut up Aji was good.
	Blurry closeup. Damn Treo camera phone. I also had the resolution set to 320x240, instead of the standard 640x480. DOh!

Oga's is not unknown (food is rated 26 in zagat) but I always like to give this place extra recognition. That plus Oga himself is a cool guy and always very accomodating. Actually I'd rather this place maintain its identity rather than become super-mainstream like Matsuhisa. They definitely destroy all the LA restaurants I've been to, and the prices are extremely reasonable for what you get.

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