30100 Sat Jul 03 18:31:44 -0700 2004 1 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 128799 Is the chef at sawa sushi korean? beacause some people said he was really traditional but if he's korean it would be a fusion of the two and hence the aggressively big portions? Sat Jul 03 18:31:44 -0700 2004 0 Johnson Princhot 1 128934 Yes Steve Sawa is Korean. He's spent quite a number of years in Japan (I'm sure he has apprenticed with a top chef) and speaks very fluent Japanese. His ways are very old school Japanese, though the bigger portions are also reflected in the prices. I can't explain the portions but it may not necessarily be connected to culture. Though I will say that if the selection is limited that day, you could get multiple pieces of the same fish, depending on his mood. Tue Jul 06 16:27:46 -0700 2004 128799 0 Edomata