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Photo courtesy of Umi/ Douglas Stratton
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Umi Buckhead

Item: Umi Buckhead
Author: Lesli Peterson

Cuisine: Asian, Japanese, Sushi

Price Range: $$$

10Best Says

Chef Fuyuhiko Ito (formerly of MF Sushi- the first time it was in Atlanta) is a master at his craft and turns out elegant presentations of sashimi, nigiri and sushi rolls. Some of the best seats in the house are at the chef's counter, so that guests can watch the master at work. The hot entrees really stand out here: the Lobster Tobanyaki, which comes drenched in miso butter and is finished at the table, cooked over a tiny grill, is a must-have. Umi also features hand-crafted cocktails, an extensive sake list (if you're unsure of what to try, ask the knowledgeable staff for a recommendation) and delicious desserts made by Ito's pastry chef wife. This tucked-away restaurant has quickly become one of Atlanta's go-to spots for visiting celebrities (including Sir Elton John, Ashlee Simpson, Liam Hemsworth and others.)

Address:

3050 Peachtree Road Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30305

Phone:

(404) 841-0040

Website:

umiatlanta.com

EXPERT TIPS BY: Lesli Peterson
Atlanta Local Expert

Sushi: "There's more to this intimate, upscale restaurant than just sushi. Make sure to save room for the green tea souffle. Order it when your last savory dish arrives, as it takes about 15 minutes to prepare."

Best for Sushi Because: Fantastically fresh sushi, craft cocktails and a knowledgeable staff make Umi a must-visit for sushi-lovers.

Dinner Menu
- Starter
  
  Edamame
  
  chamame soybeans boiled and salted ($5.00)
  
  Shishitou
  
  grilled shishitou pepper with salt or tare ($5.00)
  
  Agedashi Tofu
  
  Lightly fried Crispy Tofu, Tokyo style Dashi-Broth, Grated Daikon, Ginger, Scallion ($6.50)
  
  Shrimp Tempura Appetizer
  
  4pc. shrimp tempura with tempura sauce ($9.50)
  
  Salmon Yuzuviche
  
  cured salmon with seasonal fruit, yuzu, and onion ($9.50)
  
  Tuna Carpaccio
  
  thinly sliced tuna with paper thin onion and avocado soy vinaigrette ($15.00)
  
  Yellowtail Jalapeno
  
  thinly sliced yellowtail, jalapeño pepper, cilantro, and ponzu sauce ($15.00)
  
  Spicy Tuna Crispy Rice
  
  spicy tuna tartare on lightly fried crispy sushi rice with jalapeño slices ($14.00)
  
  Spicy Tuna Tartare
  
  tuna, lychee, pine nuts, asian pear, masago, sriracha hot sauce, sesame oil, and avocado ($18.00)
  
  Hirame Usuzukuri
  
  thinly sliced flounder sashimi, ponzu, scallion, grated daikon ($13.00)
  
  Madai Carpaccio
  
  japanese red snapper carpaccio, sea salt, lemon, olive oil, and yuzukosho ($15.00)
  
  Monk Fish Liver Pâté
  
  daikon sprouts, ponzu sauce ($10.00)
  
  Uni Tempura
  
  shiso leaf wrapped sea urchin tempura. house tempura sauce, grated daikon, and ginger ($16.00)
  
  Otoro Tartare
  
  wasabi, caviar, tamari, and scallion ($25.00)
- Soup
  
  Miso Soup
  
  seaweed, tofu, and green onion ($4.00)
  
  Osuimono
  
  japanese clear broth and whitefish slice ($5.00)
- Salad
  
  House Salad
  
  spring mix salad with your choice of dressing ($5.50)
  
  Seaweed Salad
  
  ($5.50)
  
  Avocado Salad
  
  half avocado and wasabi vinaigrette ($6.00)
  
  Seaweed and Cucumber Salad with Amazu
  
  japanese traditional sweet and sour salad ($5.50)
  
  Tofu Salad
  
  nutty sweet sesame dressing ($6.50)
  
  Seared Tuna Sashimi Salad
  
  plated with spring mix and ginger soy dressing ($22.00)
- Hot Dishes
  
  Rock Shrimp Tempura
  
  ponzu sauce or spicy creamy sauce ($19.00)
  
  Baked Lobster Tempura
  
  with creamy sauce ($20.00)
  
  Foie Gras
  
  sauté foie gras with today's sauce ($26.00)
  
  Black Cod Misoyaki
  
  grilled black cod marinated in miso ($20.00)
  
  Chilean Seabass Yu-an Yaki
  
  grilled chilean sea bass marinated in yu-an sauce ($24.00)
  
  Lobster Toban-yaki
  
  soy butter sauce ($28.00)
  
  Seared Diver Scallops
  
  soy ginger sauce with toban grill ($16.00)
  
  Wagyu Toban Yaki
  
  5A imported wagyu, dashi sake broth. minimum 2 ounces ($28.00)
  
  Chicken Teriyaki
  
  served with Vegetables and Rice ($17.00)
  
  Tuna Foie Gras
  
  topped with sauté foie gras on a bed of wilted kale and a ponzu sauce ($28.00)
- Side Items and Vegetables
  
  Assorted Vegetables
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Shishitou
  
  grilled shishitou pepper with salt or tare ($5.00)
  
  Grilled Tomato
  
  ($4.00)
  
  Asparagus
  
  ($5.00)
- House Specialty Rolls
  
  California Roll
  
  crab meat, avocado, and cucumber ($8.00)
  
  Crunchy Roll
  
  mayonnaise, masago, surimi, and eel sauce ($7.00)
  
  Vegetarian Roll
  
  cucumber, shitake mushrooms, asparagus, and thin sliced avocado ($8.00)
  
  Shrimp Tempura Roll
  
  tempura shrimp, mayonnaise, and cucumber ($9.50)
  
  Spicy Tuna Roll
  
  spicy tuna, green onion, and cucumber ($9.00)
  
  Whitefish Tempura Roll
  
  tempura whitefish, avocado, green onion, and eel sauce ($9.00)
  
  Spider Roll
  
  lightly fried soft shell crab, mayonnaise, green leaf lettuce, and avocado ($13.00)
  
  Rainbow Roll
  
  california roll topped with tuna, shrimp, salmon, whitefish, and avocado ($15.00)
  
  American Tuna Roll
  
  spicy tuna and cucumber topped with tuna, avocado, spicy mayonnaise, and eel sauce ($18.00)
  
  Kamikaze Roll
  
  spicy tuna roll topped with yellowtail, masago, green onion, and hot sauce ($16.00)
  
  Hurricane Roll
  
  spicy salmon and cucumber topped with salmon, yellowtail, and avocado ($16.00)
  
  New Page
  
  shrimp tempura roll topped with paper thin sliced lemon and fresh salmon eel sauce ($16.00)
  
  Eel Avocado and Shrimp Tempura Roll
  
  topped with eel sauce ($16.00)
  
  Lobster Tempura Roll
  
  tempura lobster roll with mayonnaise topped with shrimp, avocado and eel sauce ($26.00)
  
  Kobe Beef Roll
  
  2 oz. sliced, lightly cooked kobe beef with daikon sprouts, green onion, and garlic ponzu sauce ($36.00)
  
  Typhoon Roll
  
  spicy yellowtail roll topped with yellowtail, salmon, avocado, and jalapeño ($16.00)
- Box Sushi
  
  Eel Box
  
  eel and avocado with eel sauce ($18.00)
  
  Spicy Tuna Box
  
  spicy tuna roll topped with salmon, tuna, masago, and hot sauce ($24.00)
  
  Otoro Box
  
  otoro and green onion ($28.00)
  
  Crunch Lobster Box
  
  lobster salad with tempura crunch, rice crisp, onion and mayonnaise topped with tobiko, scallion, and eel sauce ($26.00)
- Traditional Rolls
  
  Ume - Shiso Maki
  
  shiso leaf and plum ($5.00)
  
  Kappa-Maki
  
  cucumber and sesame seeds ($5.00)
  
  Ume-Kyu Maki
  
  cucumber, sesame seeds, shiso leaf, and plum ($5.00)
  
  Yamagobo-Maki
  
  pickled burdock root ($5.00)
  
  Kanpyo-Maki
  
  boiled and pickled gourd ($6.00)
  
  Sake-Maki
  
  cured salmon ($8.00)
  
  Tekka-Maki
  
  tuna roll ($9.00)
  
  Una-Kyu Maki
  
  barbeque eel and cucumber ($9.00)
  
  Negi-Hama Maki
  
  yellowtail with scallion ($11.00)
  
  Futomaki
  
  shrimp, cucumber, spinach, shitake mushrooms, masago, and tamago ($10.00)
- Nigiri
  
  Ebi
  
  boiled shrimp ($6.00)
  
  Tako
  
  octopus ($6.00)
  
  Ika
  
  squid ($6.00)
  
  Bincho-Maguro
  
  seared albacore tuna, scallion, and ponzu sauce ($7.00)
  
  Ama-ebi
  
  sweet raw shrimp ($12.00)
  
  Shiromi
  
  today's whitefish ($6.00)
  
  Maguro-Akami
  
  tuna maguro ($9.50)
  
  Sake
  
  cured salmon ($7.00)
  
  Hamachi
  
  yellowtail ($9.50)
  
  Kanpachi
  
  almaco jack ($9.50)
  
  Chutoro
  
  medium fatty tuna ($15.00)
  
  Otoro
  
  fattiest tuna ($19.00)
  
  Iwashi
  
  sardine ($9.00)
  
  Shima-aji
  
  yellow jack ($14.00)
  
  Aji
  
  horse mackerel ($9.50)
  
  Kinmedai
  
  golden-eye red snapper ($22.00)
  
  Shime-Saba
  
  marinated mackerel ($9.00)
  
  Unagi
  
  barbeque fresh water eel ($8.00)
  
  Anago
  
  sea eel ($13.00)
  
  Mirugai
  
  giant clam ($14.00)
  
  Hokkigai
  
  surf clam ($6.00)
  
  Hotate
  
  live scallop ($15.50)
  
  Tamago
  
  omelet ($5.50)
  
  Ikura
  
  salmon roe ($9.50)
  
  Masago
  
  smelt roe ($5.00)
  
  Tobiko
  
  flying fish roe ($7.50)
  
  Uni
  
  sea urchin ($14.50)
  
  Shigi
  
  cobia ($8.50)
- Aburi
  
  Aburi Hamachi
  
  yellowtail ($11.50)
  
  Aburi Hirame
  
  flounder ($8.00)
  
  Aburi Hotate
  
  live scallop, soy sauce flavor ($17.50)
  
  Aburi Otoro
  
  fattiest tuna, salted and perfume with soy sauce ($21.00)
  
  Aburi Shimaaji
  
  salted yellow fish served with yuzu juice ($16.00)
  
  Aburi Uni
  
  sea urchin, soy sauce ($16.50)
- Assorted Nigiri
  
  8pc. Nigiri
  
  chef's choice - 8 pc ($26.00)
  
  12pc. Nigiri
  
  chef's choice - 12 pc ($39.00)
- Sashimi
  
  Live Scallop
  
  thin sliced live scallop, ponzu sauce and wasabi ($16.50)
  
  Bincho-Maguro
  
  seared albacore tuna, scallion and ponzu sauce ($10.00)
  
  Maguro
  
  today's tuna ($12.00)
  
  Sake
  
  cured salmon ($8.00)
  
  Shiromi
  
  today's whitefish ($7.50)
  
  Madai
  
  japanese red snapper served with yuzukosho ($14.00)
  
  Unagi
  
  barbeque eel with avocado ($10.50)
  
  Anago
  
  sea eel ($12.00)
  
  Hamachi
  
  yellowtail ($11.50)
  
  Amaebi
  
  sweet shrimp. served with fried head 3pc ($14.50)
  
  Shime-Saba
  
  marinated mackerel ($11.00)
  
  Aji
  
  horse mackerel ($10.00)
  
  Kinmedai
  
  golden-eye red snapper ($24.00)
  
  Shima-aji
  
  yellow jack ($16.50)
  
  Hokkigai
  
  surf clam ($7.50)
  
  Mirugai
  
  giant clam ($17.50)
  
  Chutoro
  
  medium fatty tuna ($16.00)
  
  Uni
  
  sea urchin ($14.50)
  
  Otoro
  
  fattiest tuna ($25.00)
  
  Shigi
  
  cobia ($11.00)
- Asso rted Sashimi
  
  Sanmori
  
  3 varieties of assorted sashimi. tuna, yellowtail and salmon. 3 pc. each ($24.00)
  
  Goshinamori
  
  5 varieties of assorted sashimi. tuna, salmon, yellowtail, albacore tuna, today's whitefish. 3 pc. each ($32.00)
- Fresh Wasabi
  
  Fresh Wasabi
  
  priced per ounce ($15.00)
- Sousaku Nigiri
  
  Hinomaru
  
  madai nigiri is made with shiso leaf, sea salt, kanzuri, and yuzu juice ($12.00)
  
  Sake Aioli
  
  cured scottish salmon with garlic aioli, lime, and caviar ($9.00)
  
  Otoro Caviar
  
  otoro nigiri with truffle soy, serrano slice, cilantro, and caviar ($21.00)
  
  Kobe-Beef Nigiri
  
  seared kobe-beef nigiri with ponzu, green onion, garlic chips, and yuzu kosho ($18.00)
- Omakase
  
  Umi
  
  chef selection soup, starter, sashimi plate, hot dish, assorted nigiri, dessert ($75.00)
  
  Miyabi
  
  chef selection. premium. soup, starter, sashimi plate, hot dish, assorted nigiri, dessert ($120.00)
  
  Ito-Kase (sushi bar only)
  
  hand selected and coursed chef selections of the day

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