A generation after Nobu, Peruvian sushi blooms in Long Beach

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Nobu Matsuhisa brought Peruvian sushi to the U.S. in 1987. Now Eduardo Chang and Diawa Wong have planted a flag for their own style of Nikkei sushi at their Long Beach restaurant.

On a recent Sunday night in Long Beach's Bixby Knolls neighborhood, chef Eduardo Chang and his wife and business partner, Daiwa Wong, greeted guests at Sushi Nikkei as they filed through the busy dining room to celebrate the restaurant's two-year anniversary. Chang and Wong specialize in Peruvian-style sushi, including various types of tiradito, such as yellowtail with jalapeño and ponzu sauce or the catch of the day with tiger milk, aji amarillo, cancha and sweet potato.

Wong gave birth to her first son and became a registered nurse, while Chang become an itamae sushi chef and eventually opened his first restaurant, Yume, in Lima. Chang came to the States to visit and their friendship eventually developed into a romance. They wed in 2018. By this time Chang and his partners had opened a second restaurant in Peru, but in 2019 he came to the U.S. permanently to be with his wife.

 

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