Before he began consulting on the raw fish program at Takibi, chef Cody Auger — known for his nationally praised sushi restaurant, Nimblefish — sat down for a meal at the newly opened Japanese restaurant, tucked behind the Snow Peak outdoor goods store in Northwest Portland. “I had a really amazing meal,” he says. “There were fun plays on traditional ideas, but nothing that strayed too far from it, and it felt true to the Pacific Northwest.”
For those familiar with Auger’s cooking, that same ethos isn’t far off from what he’s done in Portland. At Nimblefish, Auger has taken Japanese dishes and techniques and incorporated Pacific Northwestern ingredients,
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