Maeda Sushi Restaurant closed its doors for good after dinner operation on Sunday, June 28^th.  We thank you for your patronage, your encouragements, and your company.  Since opening in midst of snow storms in December, 2007, for 18 months, we had the honor and pleasure of serving you.  For that we will forever be grateful.  Thank you.  As for the future, we are currently looking for new opportunities in the Greater Hartford area.  We would love to send announcements to you when we are ready; if you are not already on our mailing list and want to know about our new ventures, please write to maedasushi@att.net. 

For those of you who have gift certificates purchased at Maeda Sushi Restaurant, we will refund the full amount.  If you do hold onto them, it will be honored at our new business.  To get the refund, please send the gift certificate to Maeda Sushi Restaurant, 530 Bushy Hill Rd, Simsbury, CT 06070.  Make sure there is a return address with your name so we can send you a check.  If you have gift certificate issued by Maeda Sushi Restaurant as a charity or donation, please call the restaurant (860) 651-4100.  We will update all the information via this website and via e-mail if and when our address and phone number changes.  Again, if you like to be on our mailing list, please write to maedasushi@att.net. 

Thank you so much.  We hope to see you soon. 

Warm wishes and happy dining, 

Staff at Maeda Sushi Restaurant

In order to offer food with consistently fresh ingredients while cutting back cost in the current economy, we are reducing operating hours.  We are sorry for the inconvenience.  Please see below for the new restaurant hours.

Restaurant

Thursday ~ Sunday

Lunch:  12 noon ~ 2:30 pm

Dinner:  5 pm ~ 9 pm

Japanese Deli & Store

7 Days

Monday ~ Wednesday:  12 noon ~ 6 pm

Thursday ~ Sunday:  12 noon ~ 9 pm

Mr. Gregory A. Boyko - Honorary Consul General of Japan

Dear Valued Customers,

To those of you who were able to come to our event last night, thank you very much. We hope you really enjoyed the evening with Mr. Gregory Boyko, a true ambassador of not just Japan, nor the U.S., but a partnership between the two nations. We like to thank Mr. Boyko, Honorary Consul General of Japan, for his generosity to come to our little restaurant with his wife in middle of a very busy schedule. His presentation of “Japan and the U.S. – The Most Important Bilateral Relationship” featured historic background and events that made Japan an economic force it is today and the role the U.S. played, and a partnership that were built over the years. Some customers traveled quite a long distance to attend this event, one flew in from Chicago, another drove from New Jersey. Thank you so much. It is our pleasure to serve you and hopefully everyone thoroughly enjoyed the Mr. Boyko’s presentation and the seven-course dinner prepared by Chef Ichimura and assistant chef Kishida. Again, thank you very much.

For those who couldn’t come to the event, I would have loved to be able to show some pictures from the night, but I failed to take pictures during the event.  But here I have some pictures of Chef Ichimura’s course dinner. 

Maeda Sushi will be closed to public on Thursday, May 21^st from 6:oo p.m., due to our hosting of Gregory Boyko’s “Japan and the U.S. – The Most Important Bilateral Relationship”.  We will be open for normal hours for lunch, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with the grocery/deli open from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m.  We are sorry for the inconvenience.

“Japan and the U.S. – The Most Important Bilateral Relationship”

Course Menu for May 21st

featuring "Homertako" logo

Dear Valued Customers,

Ever crave Maeda Sushi but can’t make it to the restaurant?
Complaining there is no food served on your flights, and nothing decent to eat at the airport?

We are improving these conditions.

Maeda Sushi quality at supermarkets and the airport!

Sushi rolls from Maeda Sushi are now available at several supermarkets. They are also at kiosks and food court at Bradley International Airport. Complete with new packaging (please check out the octopus logo nicknamed “Homertako” by artist Lynita Shimizu), our California Roll, Spicy Tuna Roll, Salmon-Avocado Roll, and Avocado-Cucumber Roll are sold at:

Bradley International Airport: Main Street kiosk, food court, and Locks Landing  lounge (daily)
Kane’s Market (Friday & Saturday)
Geissler’s Supermarkets – Granby (daily)
Fitzgerald’s Fine Foods (daily starting Friday, May 22nd)

Our customers know we care deeply about quality. They are not supermarket sushi, they are Maeda Sushi. It’s the same rolls we serve at the restaurant. I personally deliver them daily, and anything left from the night before is thrown out. You will only get the freshest sushi, with no gimmicks on the “Best By” date.

Enjoy!

We have the menu for the evening with Honorary Consul General of Japan!  We will serve this course dinner following Mr. Greg Boyko’s presentation of “Japan & the U.S. – The Most Important Bilateral Relationship.”  Seating is limited, and are going quickly…please make a reservation soon.  We will ask for your credit card information to secure your reservation.

When:  Thursday, May 21st

Time:  6:00 pm

Something new everytime at our dinner events - *pictured are not for the May event

Appetizer Plate:

Sake-Sautéed Oyster

Miso Marinated Tofu

Sweet Simmered Shiitake Mushroom

Sashimi:

Bonito and Fluke with Ponzu

Oshinogi (Appetizer with rice)

Osaka Sushi (pressed sushi) of Seared Fatty Tuna and Mackerel

Grilled:

Tile Fish Saikyo Yaki & Turnip Amazu Yaki

(sweet miso marinated tile fish & turnip vinegar flavored)

Onmono (warm dish)

Snow Crab and Egg dressed in Amazu Ankake (sweet vinegar geleé) with Wood Ear and Spinach

Sushi:

Five Piece Assortment

Dessert:

Ice Cream

*This menu may change due to availability of ingredients.

Thursday, May 21^st, 6:00 PM

The Chairman of Hartford Insurance K.K. (ハートフォード生命), also an Honorary Consul General of Japan to the U.S., Gregory Boyko will present “Japan and the U.S. – The Most Important Bilateral Relationship,” at Maeda Sushi.  Mr. Boyko will speak about range of topics including historical and current events, and his personal experience in Japan – some of which has been chronicled in his monthly column on the Japanese business daily Nikkei Shinbun.  Maeda Sushi Restaurant will then serve up a special course dinner designed for this occasion.

Maeda Sushi is always trying to be a place where our cultures meet, through our cuisine, and sometimes through special events.  This time, it will take an academic turn, featuring someone who truly connects the U.S. and Japan, or Connecticut and Japan, both culturally and in business.  Mr. Boyko started and ran the Japan operation of The Hartford as the CEO of Hartford Insurance K.K. until recent retirement from The Hartford in the U.S.  We are honored to have such a distinguished businessman with immense knowledge and interest in Japanese culture as our guest in this still new series.

Please RSVP; seating is limited.

Special Dinner with Greg Boyko

When:  May 21^st, 2009 at 6:00 pm

Where:  Maeda Sushi Restaurant, 530 Bushy Hill Rd, Simsbury, CT 06070

Cost:  $50 per person (includes course dinner; not including drinks, tax & gratuity)

To reserve, please call Maeda Sushi; (860) 651-4100, or e-mail maedasushi@att.net.

Your credit card number will be required for a reservation.

Mr. Gregory A. Boyko

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gregory A. Boyko

Mr. Boyko recently retired from The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. after a long career in various roles including Chief Financial Officer of Hartford Life and Chairman and CEO of Hartford Life International.

Boyko is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and the University of Connecticut School of Law. He also holds a number of professional degrees, including the Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Life Underwriter, and Chartered Financial Consultant designations.

He is an Honorary Consul General for Japan, a member of the Connecticut and American Bar Associations, the Connecticut Society of CPA’s, Director of the Japan Society of New York, member of the International Committee of the American Council of Life Insurers, a director of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut, a member of the Hartford Metro Chamber of Commerce, a corporator of Hartford’s St. Francis Hospital, a member of the St. Francis Foundation Board of Directors, and a member of the Mark Twain House and Museum Board of Directors.

I hope everyone had as great a time as we did with woodblock print artist, Lynita Shimizu, who’s engaging personality comes through her art, but even better in person.  All the customers had a chance to make a print of their own.  We got a peek into how Ms. Shimizu’s art derived from centuries old Japanese technique.  Many customers were familiar with her work as they grace Maeda Sushi’s walls.  As for the dinner, it seemed “Una-Tama,” the steamed egg with eel, with ankake sauce was the hit of the night, with the very healthy, soy sheet rolled mountain yam with vinegar gelee coming in at close second.  Late at night, even our staff got their hands on the “baren” and pressed a few prints.

Again, we’d like to thank everyone who came, and Lynita-san, for a wonderful night.

(Please understand that this menu may change due to availability of ingredients)

Standing…during Ms. Shimizu’s presentation

Hors d’oeuvre                     Tori no Karaage

                                                Edamame

                                                Shumai

                                                Sasa-Zushi:  Salmon  and whitefish sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf

At the table…

Steamed:                              Una-Tama (eel & egg) with Bekkou Ankake sauce

Vinegar:                                Vegetables and Yamaimo (Japanese yam)

                                                with Tosa-vinegar geleé

Sushi:                                     Five Pieces

Dessert:                                Ice Cream