Ishin – Best Japanese in Berlin?

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside…
As you all know, Jason and I are obsessed with Japan and more than anything else, Japanese food! We have been hunting around Berlin for somewhere good Japanese food and we have had one absolutely horrendous experience and a few good ones. However, there is just one place that we keep going back to called Ishin Restaurant (from the heart). There are 5 dotted all over Berlin, but we go to the one in Mittelstraße as it is near Dussmann where we love to get our cheesecake dessert.

In general, it’s impossible to get really delicious fresh fish outside of Japan. However, salmon seems to be amazing wherever you buy it and Ishin has the best salmon I have had in Berlin. You can get a salmon set for less than €10 and as long as you order something to eat you get free green tea and/or coffee. I will let you in on our little secret here (it’s not on the menu, so it’s a real insiders tip): instead of just getting the salmon set, you can get ABURI SALMON SET – the chef uses a blow torch to slightly flame the very top of the salmon. It’s beautiful – costs €1 more, but seriously – wow! You get a sweet brown sauce to go with it and it just sits on your tongue and then melts in your mouth. It actually makes me sad when it’s all gone.

And here is one more close-up of the salmon…
It’s reasonably-priced, good food and there are lots of delicious side orders to choose from. I would recommend the yakitori, hijiki and kimchi as well as the miso soup. Enjoy it and let me know if you go or there are any other good Japanese restaurants in Berlin 🙂
Ishin Restaurant: Mittelstraße 24; +49 30 20674829