Kyo-ya

25. March 2009 East Village, Japanese 0
94 East 7th Street between First and Avenue A 212/982.4140 $130 for two, with drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ I’d like to think that kaiseki is Japan’s answer to Spain’s tapas if only a pincho is served in bejeweled bread held together by a hand-carved toothpick. The most basic types of food need to go ...

Curry-Ya

14. January 2009 East Village, Japanese 1
214 East 10th Street between First and Second Avenues 866/602-8779 about $25 for two, with drinks, without tip ♥ Yohshoku, or Western dishes adapted to fit the Japanese taste, kept me alive when I was younger and wasn’t making a lot of or any money. In West L.A., I loved Curry House because I could ...

All You Can Eat Sushi for $20 at Sushiya

15. October 2008 East Village, Japanese 2
Second floor, Whole Foods Market 95 East Houston Street corner of Bowery $20 all you can eat sushi, without tip ♥ I didn’t expect high quality sushi when I saw the sign for all you can eat sushi for $20 at Whole Foods on Bowery, but I was curious enough to pull two co-workers with ...

Porchetta

26. September 2008 American, East Village 1
110 East 7th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A 212/777.2151 $9 for a pork sandwich, without tip ♥ For Italians, porchetta means boneless pork roast that’s moist and juicy. Chef and co-owner Sara Jenkins doesn’t stray away from that definition: my $9 pork was no joke. The meat was shiny; its own fat glistening ...

Momofuku Ko

10. September 2008 American, East Village, Japanese, Korean 0
163 First Avenue off 10th Street https://reservations.momofuku.com/ about $300 for two, with beverage pairings, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ I was so busy at work last week that I didn’t even have time to be excited about our upcoming reservations at Ko. When Cameron told me she wanted to take me out to thank me ...