Dallas experienced a brief wave of sushi culture last year, during which all these shiny, new restaurants had one thing in common — fish imported daily from Toyosu Market in Tokyo.

The Toyosu Fish Market is one of Tokyo's largest and most famous markets. It sells and auctions fish from all over the world. Dallas restaurants know it best for auctioning bluefin tuna , but it also imports a variety of different kinds of sushi.

For imports, it's all about who you know because there's a hierarchy for who gets the best fish. High-dollar restaurants come way before any lesser-known shops, which is why it's practically mandatory for omakase restaurants, and a subtle, but important nod that separates some sushi restaurants from others.

Namo, Tatsu, Mabo and Uchi, among other two-syllable-named

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