Nagomi Sushi

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Ma serves teriyaki dishes, soups, and donburi, a meal in a bowl that combines fish, meat, vegetables, and other ingredients simmered together and served over rice. But sushi in particular intrigues him. "When you get into it, you can come up with a million different kinds with just a few different ingredients."

At Nagomi, he's settled for thirty different kinds, ranging from a basic California roll (filled with cucumber, crab meat, and avocado) to more exotic combinations like the Dragon, made with eel, smoked eel, cucumber, and avocado; the Rainbow, stuffed with salmon, yellowtail tuna, shrimp, and avocado; and the Dynamite Spider Roll, made with soft-shell crab, cucumber, and roasted pepper and drizzled with sweet kabayaki sauce. Prices range from $2.50 for a simple tuna roll to $11 for the Dragon.

Ma's been involved with the food service industry for twenty years, including managing eight golf courses for the American Golf Corporation, where his duties included overseeing on-site bars and restaurants. Four years ago, he bought his uncle's Marco's Pizza franchise on Packard near Rosewood, but he still dreamed of opening a sushi place. He got his chance when Bagel Fragel expanded and moved a couple of doors down last summer. His uncle also owned the Plymouth View Marco's, and he told Ma about the vacant space.