Stopped by this sushi place while x-mas shopping in the city. Dan and I were running all over the east village and needed to stop by Union Square next when we realized how hungry we were. While I had wanted to try out a couple of other places that have been on my list (Porchetta, Luke's Lobster, Macbar, just to name a few), this was right down the street and close to where we needed to go next. The wait staff was pretty friendly and the inside is kind of your average sushi joint, although a bit bigger in size. The menu actually seemed more hot food focused as opposed to sushi focused, but that was ok. We ordered a bottle of unfiltered cold sake ($17), edamame ($3), spicy salmon roll ($4), yellowtail/scallion roll ($4) and a large spicy seafood don ($15.75) to split. We ordered the sake thinking that we haven't had it before but lo and behold, it's the same unfiltered sake in the little blue bottle that we get everywhere! At least we know it's good. The edamame were cold and salty, but they were still fine to eat. The rolls were actually pretty decent. I generally like my spicy rolls with spicy mayo, but this kind of roll is the chopped up salmon with spices in it. The rolls were decent...they seemed fresh and the size of them were not too big but not incredibly tiny. The spicy seafood don was something neither of us have had before but it's basically chopped up spicy salmon and tuna piled on top of a bed of rice - it's like a large spicy roll without the seaweed. While it wasn't ground-breaking, it was pretty enjoyable to just be eating the best parts of a spicy roll. All in all, it's a good place to go if you're in the 'hood but it's not a destination restaurant by any means.Monday, December 21, 2009
Sharaku - Visited 12/20/2009 - 2.5 Forks
8 Stuyvesant St (between 11st and 12th Street), New York
Stopped by this sushi place while x-mas shopping in the city. Dan and I were running all over the east village and needed to stop by Union Square next when we realized how hungry we were. While I had wanted to try out a couple of other places that have been on my list (Porchetta, Luke's Lobster, Macbar, just to name a few), this was right down the street and close to where we needed to go next. The wait staff was pretty friendly and the inside is kind of your average sushi joint, although a bit bigger in size. The menu actually seemed more hot food focused as opposed to sushi focused, but that was ok. We ordered a bottle of unfiltered cold sake ($17), edamame ($3), spicy salmon roll ($4), yellowtail/scallion roll ($4) and a large spicy seafood don ($15.75) to split. We ordered the sake thinking that we haven't had it before but lo and behold, it's the same unfiltered sake in the little blue bottle that we get everywhere! At least we know it's good. The edamame were cold and salty, but they were still fine to eat. The rolls were actually pretty decent. I generally like my spicy rolls with spicy mayo, but this kind of roll is the chopped up salmon with spices in it. The rolls were decent...they seemed fresh and the size of them were not too big but not incredibly tiny. The spicy seafood don was something neither of us have had before but it's basically chopped up spicy salmon and tuna piled on top of a bed of rice - it's like a large spicy roll without the seaweed. While it wasn't ground-breaking, it was pretty enjoyable to just be eating the best parts of a spicy roll. All in all, it's a good place to go if you're in the 'hood but it's not a destination restaurant by any means.
Stopped by this sushi place while x-mas shopping in the city. Dan and I were running all over the east village and needed to stop by Union Square next when we realized how hungry we were. While I had wanted to try out a couple of other places that have been on my list (Porchetta, Luke's Lobster, Macbar, just to name a few), this was right down the street and close to where we needed to go next. The wait staff was pretty friendly and the inside is kind of your average sushi joint, although a bit bigger in size. The menu actually seemed more hot food focused as opposed to sushi focused, but that was ok. We ordered a bottle of unfiltered cold sake ($17), edamame ($3), spicy salmon roll ($4), yellowtail/scallion roll ($4) and a large spicy seafood don ($15.75) to split. We ordered the sake thinking that we haven't had it before but lo and behold, it's the same unfiltered sake in the little blue bottle that we get everywhere! At least we know it's good. The edamame were cold and salty, but they were still fine to eat. The rolls were actually pretty decent. I generally like my spicy rolls with spicy mayo, but this kind of roll is the chopped up salmon with spices in it. The rolls were decent...they seemed fresh and the size of them were not too big but not incredibly tiny. The spicy seafood don was something neither of us have had before but it's basically chopped up spicy salmon and tuna piled on top of a bed of rice - it's like a large spicy roll without the seaweed. While it wasn't ground-breaking, it was pretty enjoyable to just be eating the best parts of a spicy roll. All in all, it's a good place to go if you're in the 'hood but it's not a destination restaurant by any means.
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