08/27/25
Aburi Toro at Kabuto in Las Vegas, NV. As a sushi lover, I’m always on the lookout for different cuts of fatty tuna (aka toro) and rarely even eat at sushi joints that don’t serve toro. For right or wrong, it’s kind of my gauge for whether a sushi restaurant is serious about their fish. While I prefer my toro not seared, this piece of aburi (the Japanese term for flame-seared) toro was outstanding. Super fresh and lightly seared, giving it an ever so slight smoky flavor and texture from the flames, it melts in your mouth from the very first bite. Kabuto is by far my favorite sushi restaurant in Vegas, and I make it a point to go there every time I’m in town. They have two seatings per night (5:30 pm and 7:45 pm), and only twenty spots per seating, so plan in advance. You’re required to get one of the omakase meals but can supplement your meal with various nigiri during the nigiri portion of the omakase. I typically will get the lower cost omakase and supplement it with additional nigiri from the ala carte sheet. Kabuto is especially unique in that it often carries a multitude of different types of toro on the ala carte sheet - chu toro (medium fatty tuna), otoro (premium fatty tuna), jabara (bellows belly), and kamashita (collar). Coming from different parts of the bluefin tuna, each is slightly different, and delicious in their own right. If you’re a big eater and a lover of toro, I’d recommend supplementing your omakase meal with all of the above as well as kinmedai (golden eye snapper) and engawa (fluke muscle fin). Great service by friendly, knowledgeable and attentive servers.