Kenka, one of the many Japanese restaurants along St. Marks in the East Village, looks like a hole-in-the-wall type of restaurant when you walk by: Chris and I went during the winter and didn’t find the food to be anything special (I had the salmon belly and Chris had a combination platter – both were […]
After reading numerous positive reviews about Tomoe Sushi, Chris, my brother, and I decided to wait in line for some of their delicious fish. Their restaurant is even mentioned in my book, Eat New York, but since it’s in Chinese, I don’t know whether it’s a positive review or not (some of the reviews aren’t […]
A friend from work recommended Gyu-Kaku for a group dinner, so I checked it out with Chris and our friend Tim, who actually set us up six months ago. 🙂 My friend warned me that Gyu-Kaku might be a little expensive, but we decided to celebrate since Tim was in town from Los Angeles for […]
Last night, Chris and I headed to one of my favourite sushi restaurants in New York: Sushi Yasuda. Getting reservations is pretty tough; we scored two seats at the sushi bar after I called relentlessly for a couple of days. We both ordered the sushi matsu – 12 pieces of sushi from the “matsu menu” […]
A conversation I had with a person that would not like to be named (PTWNLTBN) two nights ago… Grace: Chris and I are going to Nobu tomorrow night – I’m really excited! PTWNLTBN: Oh, I’ve heard of that place! Grace: Have you? They have locations all over the US and London. PTWNLTBN: …don’t they make […]
