| Akira Iizushima
first visited America in 1976 when he began working as dining chef at
Koto restaurant in Newport Beach, CA. Previously he worked at Midori
restaurant in Yokohama City in Japan for four years. He is a
graduate of Tokyo Musashino Cooking School in Japan.
Akira joined Matsu restaurant in Huntington
Beach, CA in 1982 as the head chef and later worked as a sushi chef. |
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After spending four years at Matsu, Akira
opened Sango, which means "coral" in Japanese. His
long-time associate, executive chef Hide Matsuzaki, has worked with Akira
since 1987.
The
Laguna Niguel restaurant, sometimes called "Sango South," opened
in 1997. This restaurant has seating for 30 persons.
Sango Huntington Beach opened in 2002 and
also has seating for 30 customers.
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Sango
Los Alamitos was modified in July 2002, and now is the same floor plan as
the other Sango restaurants. The sushi bar seats are removed and the
dining room menu was altered to match the other restaurants.
Akira hopes that the new affordable prices --
but same high-quality sushi -- will allow more people to try Japanese
foods. And, the lower prices allow Sango's regular customers the
opportunity to visit Sango more often! |
