Thursdays with TT: Iron Sushi

CT really wanted to see Inception. She got denied before when her friends from Boston were in town, so we decided to go on a Wednesday night because who goes to the movies then? We got to the theater about 30 mins early, so getting seats was a non-issue since there were only 3 other people there. It filled up a bit, but still quiet as expected for a weekday night. It was a good movie that was super intense. Anytime you deal with anything involving dreams, it can get pretty confusing and a little [...]

Katsuno

The tiniest of signs mark this restaurant front on Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills.  If you weren’t looking for it – and sometimes, even if you are – you might walk right past it.  Quiet and unassuming, we wandered in one hot and muggy day (ok, that’s a half-truth; we did wander in, but we were also looking for the place).The menu makes brief reference to its sister restaurant, Restaurant Seo, on the front of the menu… or that’s what I think the above is.  In any case, having discovered this place thanks to Serious Eats’ write-up, I knew exactly [...]

Thursdays with TT: Robataya

One of the most interesting places that has come up on Blackboard Eats, is Robataya. It is a Japanese restaurant in the East Village that specializes in Robatayaki. This is where customers sit around an open hearth on which chefs grill seafood and vegetables. The fresh ingredients are displayed for customers to point at whenever they want to order.

Upon entering, you see the huge counter area where about 20 people sit around all of the ingredients and in the center, two chefs with grills. The back of the restaurant has regular tables, but sitting there defeats the [...]

Haru

Sometimes I walk by a place and think “I should go there,” and so I do.  Nice to have friends who are so accomodating I’ve heard of Haru a number of times, including from FeistySis, who’s said she’d gone to the opening of a midtown location (a friend of her had a hand in designing the space), and enjoyed the food.  So why not?We started off with an appetizer of red and white tuna tartare with miso lemon sauce ($9.50).  The sauce itself was really, really delicious – I immediately started trying to figure out how to [...]

Uwajimaya Village

Directly following my trip to Peru, I left on a research trip to the West Coast for two weeks.  What was I researching?  Glad you asked: a book on Stadium Eats!  Um, yeah, without a deal in sight currently (hint, hint, anyone reading this who is interested!), I went to preemptively scout out the 6 West Coast stadiums and eat my way up and down the West Coast at the same time, starting in San Francisco, working my way down to Los Angeles, then San Diego, back up to San Francisco and then to Seattle!  Phew!  Tune in at 4:15 [...]

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