Q Sushi

Sea urchin is marinated in sweet white miso.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Fluke is sliced so thinly it is almost transparent.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

You won’t get a bowl for soy sauce at Q, where the chef presents pieces of sushi exactly as he wants you to taste them.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Clockwise from top left, mackerel, fatty tuna, premium mackerel and lean tuna.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Q Sushi is on 7th Street in downtown L.A.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)