Sushi done right?

Nigiri sushi is traditionally supposed to be one bite. The fish is supposed to be small, and good sushi chefs even make the pieces smaller or bigger depending on the size of the client's mouth. The rice ball underneath should also be small, and the rice should be losely packed, so that if it touches soy sauce or your mouth, it falls apart. The slice should basically be the same size as the rice ball.

But now it's a trend to have the biggest, thickest, densest pieces possible, and it usually comes at a sacrifice to quality. I've eaten sushi at both Ten and JPan, both highly reccomended places, and both were not good. I tried Ten twice just to give it the benefit of the doubt, but not only were their pieces huge, but also not fresh at all, some pieces I couldn't even rip apart with my teeth, unbelievably. And last night at JPan, the fish extended far past the sushi rice. Maybe some people like it this way, but to me, bigger does not equal better. The places I've had real, good sushi are Ushiwakamaru in the village and Tokyo Bay in TriBeCa.

So I was wondering if anyone knows where they do it right, where the fish is fresh and everything is excellent and correctly sized, in the Slope if it exists here, otherwise Brooklyn in general? I've noticed that some of the most highly reccomended places might be favorites because they favor quantity over quality, and I'd like to just find the quality. Thanks!