Grilled Sushi?


Our new favorite North American restaurant isn’t a barbecue joint. It’s the very antithesis of live fire cooking—an uber-hip, sushi centric restaurant in Boston’s old leather district called O-Ya. But despite the predominance of raw seafood, O-Ya makes ingenious use of live fire. Pictured above: O-Ya founder Tim Cushman (right), Steven, and chef Hiroyuki “Hiro” Konish from Japan.


So what’s the deal with the blowtorch? Turns out that a quick blast of fire brings the flavorful oils in the fish to the surface. The resulting smoke flavor makes this unlike any sushi you’ve probably tasted. No wonder O-Ya was Food & Wine Magazine’s restaurant of the year last year.