Quick Review - Nakagawa

In far-flung NorthofBelleville, a decent little sushi counter with (gasp!) a real Japanese chef. Looks like any old cookie-cutter establishment, but serves better than average quality fare for your fish and rice fix. Nice location overshadowed by the neo-Gothic Saint Jean Baptiste church. Also tempura (greasy) and yakitori (didn't try).

Nakagawa

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Rice and Fish - Cheap and Cheerful

Another of the French food critics darlings (Figaro, le fooding) , this friendly little sushi resto, located on a semi-pedestrian side street sandwiched on the periphery of skanky Chatelet and Sentier and the bobo-ish shopping street Etienne Marcel has morphed into one of the most popular Asians in town. Run by San Franciscan Andy , who trained in the You Ess Ay, Rice and Fish offers inexpensive (though not mindblowing) makis, sushi and chirashi. Service is friendly although they seem a bit overwhelmed by the demand (forgotten napkins, no spider crab, no deep fried ice cream), the food is decent, though not surprising in any way and the terrace a nice place to hang under the sun drinking chilled Kirin (although I did spill half of mine all over my trousers while watching a pretty girl walk by, much to the amusement of the neighboring tables..)