Yama Seafood: 50 Years of World Class Seafood | Nobu Yamanashi
Kingo Yamanashi bought his first bluefin tuna for a dollar from a recreational fisherman. He did not have a refrigerated van. He did not speak English. He did not know how to break down a tuna or even have a scale to weigh it. He just put it in a van with some ice, drove it back to New York, and let the chefs cut whatever they wanted while he calculated the weight by feel.
That was 1977. Today, Yama Seafood is the purveyor behind the seafood programs at Le Bernardin, Masa, and more of the most celebrated restaurants in the world.
Nobu Yamanashi is the president of Yama Seafood, the New Jersey…
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