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Sushi fun: Japanese restaurants bloom in Manteca/Lathrop area
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Wake up and smell the chrysanthemum. Well, the sushi-style edible creation of Chef Tony Guan (bottom left) at the New Chinas sushi bar in the Save Mart shopping center on West Yosemite Avenue. The sushi bar is the new attraction at this Chinese restaurant. - photo by ROSE ALBANO RISSO
Just before Y2K, and even during the early years of the new millennium, Stockton and Modesto were the nearest places to go for a Japanese sushi or sashimi experience if you happened to live in the South San Joaquin County area. Not anymore. In fact, this particular dining-destination traffic trend has been reversed with Japanese-cuisine fans from the “Wealth Health Contentment” city of Modesto and Someplace Special Stockton frequenting sushi bar joints in Manteca and Lathrop.