28 dishes
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Miso soup or house salad
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Boiled soybean, sea salt
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Charred soybean, chili sauce
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Grilled eggplant, sweet miso
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Lightly fried Japanese peppers
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Fried tofu, bonito flakes
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Blanched spinach, sweet sesame dressing
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Vegetable spring roll
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Pan seared or steamed, pork or vegetable
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King trumpet, shiitake, and oyster mushroom, sake soy
Ask what is in the King trumpet, everything else on the list is a plant.
Ask whether it is cooked in butter or a meat stock rather than oil.
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Ask whether there is dashi in it, dashi is a stock made from bonito.
Ask whether there is dashi in it, dashi is a stock made from bonito.
Ask whether there is dashi in it, dashi is a stock made from bonito.
Ask whether there is dashi in it, dashi is a stock made from bonito.
Ask whether there is dashi in it, dashi is a stock made from bonito.
Our first counter, in South Williamsburg. Twelve seats plus a few tables, a modern room, and a tasting that changes with the week
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Gomaae, daily appetizer, and miso soup
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Miso soup
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Brown rice available
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Carrot ginger dressing
Ask for oil and vinegar, the house dressing is where the dairy or anchovy hides.
Japanese black seaweed
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Sesame dressing
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Carrot ginger dressing
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128 dishes
10-Course sushi tasting
1 Appetizer · 13 nigiri · 1 mini kaisendon
3 Appetizers · 13 nigiri · 1 temaki · 1 kaisendon · 1 dessert
Seared sesame tuna, yellowtail serrano, or grilled miso black cod
Eight pieces of premium sushi and a toro oshinko or toro scallion roll
Tofu, scallion, seaweed
Shiitake, oyster, and king trumpet mushroom
Kani kama, masago, mango, cucumber, spicy mayo
Mixed greens, carrot ginger dressing
Pan seared, miso lime sauce
Salmon, tuna, or yellowtail, micro cilantro, onion, tomato, truffle vinaigrette
Tuna, salmon, mango and avocado in rice paper, sweet mango chili
Wasabi soy
Hokkaido scallop, truffle lime oil
Ponzu sauce, black tobiko
Seared black pepper tuna
Salmon, tuna, and avocado wrapped in cucumber, ponzu sauce
Ponzu sauce, mild spicy momiji
Crispy wheat balls with octopus
Pork belly, Kewpie mayo, greens
Crispy shrimp, spicy mayo
Panko fried, katsu sauce, 4 pieces
Crispy fried, Kewpie mayo, greens
Steamed shrimp dumpling
Chicken, bell pepper, onion
Shrimp and mixed vegetables
Seared, miso sauce
2 Pieces, sesame dressing
Bluefin tuna
Medium fatty tuna
Bluefin tuna belly
Yellowtail
Fluke
Red snapper
Albacore
Mackerel
Spanish mackerel
White tuna
Striped bass
Sea urchin
Scallop
Shrimp
Sweet shrimp
Freshwater eel
Octopus
Squid
Salmon roe
Flying fish roe
Egg custard
Avocado, cucumber, Japanese mayo, tobiko
Soft shell crab, tobiko, avocado, cucumber, Japanese mayo
Smoked salmon, cream cheese, avocado
Shrimp, snow crab, avocado, mixed greens, Kewpie mayo
Sashimi assortment over a California roll
Egg custard, kani, avocado, cucumber, pickles, oshinko, shiitake
Spicy tuna, jalapeño, and scallion over crispy sushi rice, eel sauce, spicy mayo
Sweet potato tempura and tamago, topped with smoked eel and avocado, eel sauce, tempura flakes
Crunchy spicy salmon and avocado, topped with fresh salmon, micro cilantro, black tobiko, sweet chili mayo
Salmon, tuna, avocado, topped with spicy crunchy tuna, scallion, tobiko, spicy aioli, eel sauce
Lobster salad and cucumber, topped with shrimp, avocado, wasabi tobiko, mango sauce
Eel, avocado, kani, and cucumber, torched with Japanese mayo, eel sauce, spicy mayo
Shrimp tempura and avocado inside, topped with spicy tuna, wasabi honey mustard, eel sauce
Crunchy spicy salmon and avocado, topped with seared yellowtail, wasabi tobiko, peanut sauce, wasabi mayo
Spicy tuna, cucumber, and avocado, topped with tuna and chef's special sauce
Salmon, cucumber, and Japanese mayo, topped with avocado and tempura flakes
Tuna, salmon, avocado, and cucumber wrapped in soy paper, spicy mayo
Spicy crunchy tuna and avocado wrapped in soy paper, topped with tuna, salmon, yellowtail, micro cilantro, scallion, yuzu tobiko, spicy mayo
Fresh snow crab and shiso leaf wrapped in sesame soy paper
Shrimp tempura and avocado, topped with lobster salad, mango, black tobiko, mango chili sauce
Salmon and pineapple inside, topped with avocado, tobiko, spicy mayo
Spicy crunchy yellowtail inside, topped with fresh tuna, salmon, and serrano, sweet chili mayo
Eel, smoked salmon, cream cheese, avocado, lightly fried, eel sauce, spicy mayo (5 pieces)
Spicy tuna and avocado inside, topped with yellowtail, serrano, and hot spicy sauce
Chopped spicy toro and mango wrapped in soy paper, topped with fresh tuna, spicy mayo on the side
8 Pieces of sushi, choice of tuna, salmon, or yellowtail scallion roll
16 Pieces of raw fish, choice of white or brown rice
4 Pieces of sushi, 12 pieces of sashimi, choice of tuna, salmon, or yellowtail scallion roll
Salmon, spicy tuna, kani salad, green seaweed salad, edamame, furikake, mango, cucumber, masago, avocado, poke sauce over sushi rice
Diced tuna, pineapple, green seaweed salad, cucumber, furikake, avocado, mango, tobiko, edamame, poke sauce over sushi rice
Assorted sashimi over sushi rice
Smoked eel over rice, oshinko, pickled cucumber
Bluefin tuna sashimi over seasoned sushi rice
Tuna, yellowtail, and salmon sashimi over seasoned sushi rice, oshinko, pickled cucumber
Brussels sprouts, oyster mushroom, soy tonkatsu reduction
Miso butter sauce, Brussels sprouts, fingerling potatoes
Charred, napa cabbage, fingerling potatoes, cherry tomatoes, ponzu-marinated zucchini
Chicken, salmon, or ribeye steak, served with broccoli, carrots, fingerling potatoes
4 Pieces shrimp, 6 pieces vegetable, daikon tempura sauce
Egg, onion, and Japanese mushrooms over rice (brown rice available)
Panko crusted and crispy fried, seaweed salad, okonomi sauce on the side (brown rice available)
Roasted garlic, mushroom cream sauce, shrimp, scallop, squid, snow crab
Chicken, baby shrimp, or mixed vegetables, napa cabbage, carrots, onion
Udon or soba in dashi broth, napa cabbage, king oyster mushroom, seasoned boiled egg; chicken or tempura
Sponge cake soaked in espresso, mascarpone cream, dusted with cocoa
A hint of bourbon vanilla on a sponge cake base
Chocolate cake filled with chocolate hazelnut cream and hazelnut crunch
Creamy custard in a traditional ceramic dish
Two scoops, vanilla or green tea
Fresh fish arrives several times weekly from Japan, Norway, Hawaii, and Spain, adapting to market availability and the time of year. Every chef offers a unique perspective on the daily selection, handcrafting each step of the tasting menu from initial appetizer through final kaisendon for a meal meant to be savored
Two intimate counters, in Williamsburg and the West Village, where the chef leads you through the day's fish course by course. The tasting rotates with the season and reads differently in each chef's hands, from the ten-course weekend brunch to the seasonal. Every one closes on a kaisendon
Mango and avocado over eel, cucumber
6 Pieces sushi and salmon roll
8 Pieces sashimi and white rice
3 Pieces sushi, 6 pieces sashimi, and salmon roll
Choice of three rolls: tuna, spicy tuna, tuna avocado, salmon, spicy salmon, salmon avocado, yellowtail scallion, salmon skin, California, avocado and cucumber, avocado, sweet potato tempura, oshinko; eel avocado or eel cucumber available
Chicken or salmon teriyaki (brown rice available)
Shrimp and mixed vegetables (brown rice available)
Brown rice available
6 dishes
Unsweetened
Unsweetened
Homemade
7 dishes
Umeshu · Crisp and aromatic
Crisp and sessionable
Unfiltered rice pilsner, balanced rice and barley
Japanese pale ale, light hop aroma, soft bitterness
Mars Japanese whiskey, bitters, tangerine
Toki whiskey, seltzer, lime twist
Small or large carafe
30 dishes
Junmai · Hyogo, refreshing and balanced
Ask if they know which are marked vegan. Some beer and wine is cleared using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the bottle.
Junmai · Hyogo, mellow with an umami finish
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Junmai Ginjo · Fukuoka, dry, rice forward, crisp
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Junmai Ginjo · Fukui, pure, crisp, tranquil aroma
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Junmai Daiginjo · Hyogo, very dry, rich, smooth
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Junmai Daiginjo · Yamaguchi, light, dry finish
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Nigori, unfiltered · Yamaguchi, aromatic and balanced
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Peach, pineapple, grapefruit, clove, candied orange, vanilla, mizunara oak
Ask what is in the mizunara oak, everything else on the list is a plant.
Rose, lychee, a hint of rosemary, mature woodiness, sandalwood
Ask whether it is a cream or honey liqueur, straight spirits are vegan.
High proof with balance and texture, holds up in any whiskey cocktail
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Vanilla, corn spice, herbs
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Sweet aroma of berries and chocolate
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Belgian style strong ale, rich and full bodied
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Belgian style dark copper, creamy finish
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Juicy yuzu
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Sake, sour apple, mango, or cosmo, with Tito's vodka
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Tito's vodka, lychee juice, prosecco
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Ozeki sake, plum wine
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Vodka, cranberry, prosecco
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Japanese craft gin, yuzu juice, seltzer
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Red · Viña Marty Pacha, Chile
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White · Il Narratore, Italy
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White · Saint Marc, France
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White · Agape, Alsace, France
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White · Rocky Lands, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Sparkling · Prapian, Veneto, Italy
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Bernard Olivier Coste, Sud de France
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Still or sparkling mineral water
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Ask what it is made with. The menu does not list the ingredients.
3 dishes
Fresh salmon sashimi over seasoned sushi rice
Honey, sweet caramel, Japanese plum, oak, toffee, sandalwood, coconut, green tea
Basil, green apple, honey