2 Best Restaurants in The Valley, Los Angeles

One of L.A.'s finest sushi restaurants, Asanebo is a no-frills establishment serving a wealth of innovative dishes made with top-quality raw fish and A5 Wagyu to an A-list clientele and monied business men. For more than three decades the downright giddy sushi sensei Tetsuya Nakao has whipped up succulent scallop yuzu with caviar, halibut truffle sashimi, and lemon basil salmon. There is also a full range of soups, salads, tempura, and charcoal-grilled seafood and meats. If you want to try a little of everything, sign up for the omakase.

Yume, which means dream in Japanese, could not be more appropriately named. With its intentionally sourced melts-in-your-mouth fish, precision knife work, eye-catching plating, vegetables that are far from an afterthought (green beans sautéed in sweet garlic sauce will live in your mind rent-free), liberal use of truffle products, and dimly lit sleekly designed space in Old Town Calabasas, you'll fantasize about returning to this second outpost of a stalwart Studio City sushiya nightly. Besides sushi, sashimi, and specialty rolls like cilantro yellowtail roll or albacore with kogashi butter soy (yum!), there are so many other things to eat including salads, oysters with uni and caviar, veggie-forward small plates, skewers, and hot entrées such as escabeche and miso black cod. Open late, a rarity in this sleepy little village, with a bar stocked with rare sakes and lots of Japanese whiskey, it can become quite the "wealthy parents' night out" scene so reservations are encouraged.