Wadatsumi UPDATE - Torrance

When you get take-out, Wadatsumi will wow. When you choose to dine in, Wadatsumi is a wow-wow-WOW.

Of their murky-dark Curry with crunchy katsu, we can't get enough. It's rich on the rice and the very definition of cozy comfort, if such a sensation had a flavor. 

They've been having a Beef Tongue Bowl among their specials, and there is nothing like mixing a runny egg with thin, tender slices of tongue and a slick and slimy tororo to coat. 

A lunch set Sashimi covers all the cuts, from sweet salmon and surf clam to tuna both meaty and seared. 

Splurge on a tongue-tingling Toro Bowl, it's like tuna-butter soup seeping into a bed of rice, and there's even some chopped with scallion on the other side. 

Wadatsumi will take you on a wild ride whenever you visit, and I can't stop salivating at the thought. Its high-quality, good-quantity, Japanese cuisine's finest hits are synonymous with the word wow, and I can't say it enough, but wow-wow-WOW. 

Wadatsumi - Torrance

If there were a James Beard award for best plastic plating, Wadatsumi would win. 

 The scarlet pinwheel of tuna makes a garnet swirl. You much try the Tuna Bowl - it is truly the other red meat. 

Pink petals of Yellowtail bloom supple over sushi rice. I’ve never had a cut so tender, never a yellowtail so yielding.

Have an orange pinwheel of Salmon for some contrast. The meat is sweet and slick. 

If sushi bowls are too light for lunch, the Karaage should top you off. Morsels of chicken fried in golden bread, a portion both heavy and light, best lit with drops of lemon. 

The quarantine menu is nothing like the dine-in, but it is a one-page wonder. The food is only for takeout, but the quality is as good as any dine-in.