Oishii

BROOKLINE. Take a pair of brothers whose capacity for creativity knows few limits, give them fresh seafood, and if you're lucky you'll get something like this popular sushi bar. Such delicious devotion to achieve the perfect harmony of flavors – a never-ending quest for the Brothers San, to be sure – explains the large crowds intimate Oishii draws from night to night. Specialties include seaweed-wrapped Oyster Sushi, Shiitake Mushroom Tempura Roll, Fluke Sashimi and Boston Maki. Fairly-priced lunch box specials come with miso and salad, and the restaurant also serves up clams, nabemono dishes and yaki ishi plates prepared tableside.