Sushi solution

Kona Kai's offerings of Japanese fare allow non-fish fans to mingle with the lovers of seafood and vinegared rice

By Nadine Kam

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 07, 2011

~~<p>The fast-sushi movement that began here in the early 1990s left its imprint on a generation of casual sushi enthusiasts content with a selection of a mere eight to 10 kinds of seafood atop their nigiri, if that. Give them their maguro, unagi and California roll and they'll go home content. But the sushi connoisseur will be bewildered, wondering where's the other stuff?</p>
<p>At Kona Kai Sushi, there are 38 selections on the menu, and who knows how many specials might appear on the chef's daily omakase?</p>
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The fast-sushi movement that began here in the early 1990s left its imprint on a generation of casual sushi enthusiasts content with a selection of a mere eight to 10 kinds of seafood atop their nigiri, if that. Give them their maguro, unagi and California roll and they'll go home content. But the sushi connoisseur will be bewildered, wondering where's the other stuff?

At Kona Kai Sushi, there are 38 selections on the menu, and who knows how many specials might appear on the chef's daily omakase? Login for more...