Feeding Umi

Menkui Tei
63 Cooper SquareNew York, NY 10003
Although my fire for Ippudo burns bright like the sun, I can’t always indulge or look at it directly, for it will burn my retina and balloon my weight back to 200lbs. No joke.
Sometimes, when I am feeling a bit more frugal, I opt for Setagaya, which is delicious [...]

What is that you see? Yes, that restaurant’s name is Umi Nom. As in, Umi Nom (nom nom nom nom mmmm munch…). Genevieve tipped me off to the place by emailing me the NY Times $25 and under article featuring none other than my namesake. Of course, we had to try it. So off [...]

So, we went to go visit my mother. We try to make the trip once a week and of course, we get fed. She puts out SO much food. It’s almost unbelievable. For example, this one particular time, she put out, from left to right: Oden with variety of fish cakes, konyaku (root noodles), bamboo [...]

Sakagura
211 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017-4707
Delicious. I LOVE this place. This is my go-to place for a celebration. It’s a little bit of a splurge, but with the dishes averaging $10-20, this place is not too bad if you don’t order drinks. But this place has a sake encyclopedia! In fact, ordering sake here [...]

Last weekend we had a dinner party at Laundromat put together by their house-guest Tami, a spunky photographer from Japan my mother’s age. She’s so adorable in large funky glasses with a red frame and her signature leggings. She put together a feast with chirashi sushi (sushi rice with various toppings), sashimi, yakisoba (by Kevin), [...]