By COLlive reporter
Until today, only family members, close friends and congregants of the Bais Menachem – Sharei Tefilah shul in Los Angeles knew of Yankee Bloch‘s love for things beneath the sea.
Bloch, a Lubavitcher who owns Yankee’s Plumbing, regularly travels to Mexico to fish. “He always comes back with a 30 lb tuna,” a family member tells COLlive.com.
Every Shabbos Mevarchim, Bloch is known to make platters of sushi for the afternoon farbrengen led by Rabbi Moshe Kesselman.
Now Bloch is putting that knowledge, experience and love to work with a new restaurant “Meshuga 4 Sushi” in Hancock Park, which he opened together with his son Moishy Bloch.
“This has been a dream of mine for the past 15 years,” Yankee Bloch told COLlive.com. “I have been fishing for the past 20 years as a hobby and in the last 15 years been making sushi as a hobby.”
They are offering appetizers, sashimi rolls, vegetable rolls, tempura rolls, spicy rolls and even fruit rolls (key ingredients: mango and lemon sauce).
Located at 526 N. La Brea Avenue, they are are under the supervision of the Rabbinical Council of California (RCC).
It is promising to be “the best sushi in Los Angeles, with a fresh assortment of fish delivered daily and prepared in front of you by our finest chefs.” (Bloch himself will not be doing the cooking.)
Meshuga 4 Sushi (Yiddish for Crazy 4 Sushi) is offering take-out and catering, as well as sit down. Weekday hours are 11 AM to 10 PM.
“I love to see the satisfaction on peoples’ faces when they eat my sushi,” Bloch admits.
Meshuga 4 Sushi – 526 N. La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90036
Tel: 323-964-9985
Web: www.meshuga4sushi.com
last time i checked pico blvd had 36 resteraunts on a 6 block radious! i havent counted in the la brea erea but la is booming when it comes to places to eat out! welcome to the good eats family!!! cant wait to check you out!
thats gr8! cant wait to try it when i come home!!:)
doesn’t he daven in levi yitzchack shul?
Yankee, Your Sushi is AMAZING!!!!
Keep it up!!!
But will you make the sushi rolls with brown rice also??? I hope so!
we need that in ch!
HATZLOCHO RABBOH UMUFLOGOH! (not so) Old friend from crown heights, class, Lubavitch Yeshiva, Mi Sheyesh Lo Moneh – wants a franchise (isn’t that what the Gemoro says?)
Just curious, what does curbside and alley Service that it has on the sign mean?
I didn’t know that high quality sushi could be made from fish in Mexico.
HES MY COUSIN!!!
finally a sushi place in la brea!
its a great store iv been there gd bless him and gd bless america
In The Zechus of all the Sushi you have made over the years in BM, especially for the Shabbos Mevorchim Farbrengen’s. Hashem should bless you with Hatslacha Rabba Umuflaga.
Yay can’t wait to try this place out!!
Mazel tov and best of luck
much hatzlacha!
Wow very original but the iykar is learning Torah