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ShoMon Kappo Sushi 🇺🇸🍣

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Table setting at a sushi restaurant featuring a menu card for ShoMon, red napkin, wooden spoon, and chopsticks on a textured placemat.

Trevor and I continued our tour of Omakase restaurants in Seattle; next up, ShoMon Kappo Sushi. If the staff is all Japanese and speaks little English, you are in for a great Japanese dining experience. It was fun chatting with the staff in my limited Japanese.

A dining setup featuring a menu card, a red napkin, wooden chopsticks, a wooden spoon, and a wrapped item on a textured placemat.
Great initial presentation
A chef preparing dishes in a modern kitchen with blue tiled walls, featuring an array of colorful sushi displayed on turquoise plates in the foreground.
The kitchen
A bottle of Kawaba Pearl Pilsner beer against a wooden background, showcasing its gold label that reads 'Kawaba Pearl Pilsner Rice Pilsner'.
I really love a good rice pilsner to start my Japanese meals

Sakizuke

Four blue plates displaying an assortment of gourmet appetizers, including colorful sauces, small cups with fillings, and decorative garnishes, on a wooden countertop in a kitchen setting.
Chawanmushi -Savory egg custard
A bowl of soup containing morel mushrooms, asparagus, and green vegetables in a broth, served on a decorative plate.
Morel Mushroom & Ramp soup

Hassun

A plate featuring four pieces of translucent fish served on a vibrant pink sauce, accompanied by rolled green vegetables and garnished with small herbs.
Kuromutsu
A small black bowl filled with clear broth, topped with thin fried onion strands and a green herb sprig.
Golden Beeets Mousse
A beautifully plated dish featuring creamy risotto with peas, topped with grilled fish and accompanied by slices of leeks and a green sauce, served on a blue plate.
Hotaru Ika
A close-up view of a dish featuring thin slices of pink beef in a dark sauce, garnished with a cinnamon stick and small pieces of brown crisp in a textured black bowl.
Wagyu, Applewood Whiskey Sauce
A piece of sushi featuring thinly sliced tuna on a bed of rice, served on a black stone plate.
Zuke Maguro
A piece of sushi placed on a black textured plate, featuring translucent fish over vinegared rice, garnished with a light sprinkle of citrus zest.
Hirasukuki
Close-up of sushi nigiri with a pink fish topping and a small garnish, served on a dark slate plate.
Kinmedai
A piece of sushi featuring a slice of salmon on a bed of rice, garnished with small fish roe, served on a dark slate plate.
Fuji Salmon
A piece of sushi featuring thin slices of fish on top of rice, garnished with a small green herb and a dot of orange sauce, served on a dark stone plate.
Sawara
A chef in a white jacket uses tongs to place a piece of meat on a wooden serving board in a restaurant kitchen.
A chef in a white jacket and dark tie carefully prepares a dish, using tongs to handle food on a wooden plate in a modern kitchen setting.
Saame Karei
Bottle of Kubota Junmai Ginjo Nigori sake, partially filled with cloudy white liquid, resting on a wooden surface.
This was a great unfiltered Nigori Sake.
A sushi chef in a white uniform is smiling and extending his hand towards a piece of sushi on a black plate, with a wooden board and a green bowl in the background.
Futomaki – The presentation from chef was theatrical and engaging.
A piece of sushi topped with orange roe and garnished with greenery, served on a black plate.
A delicately presented sushi piece featuring translucent fish, garnished with orange sea urchin, a dollop of wasabi, and small purple flowers, sitting in a turquoise bowl on a textured surface.
Uni and Botan Ebi
Close-up of a restaurant menu cover featuring the logo and name 'ShoMon Kappo Sushi' in a stylized font.
Logo design for ShoMon Kappo Sushi, featuring a colorful geometric pattern and the date April 9, 2026.
A menu featuring various courses including Sakizuke, Hassun, Sashimi, Dashi Soup, Fish, Meat, Sushi, and Dessert, with detailed ingredient lists for each dish.
The menu for the evening.

This was a great omakase experience in Seattle, and I can’t wait to return. Trevor and I agreed it is worth a repeat visit

Masaki-san was a great chef at the counter. As always, thanks for CookCookEatEating with The Had 🩵

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