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Sakagura

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 [...]

Tarako Spaghetti

The other night at Michael’s Birthday Party, Ryan and I had “Sardinian” caviar pasta. It was delicious, but I mocked Ryan for thinking that Sardinia was a location. I think my exact words were, “It’s like a country like … what’s that land in Princess Diaries?”, “I dunno”, “Well, it’s as real [...]

Japanese Bento Boxes

(Picture to the right was made by Kasumin.)

When I was a wee kitten cat, my mother would make me colorful bento boxes. They weren’t saccharine like the ones featured in today’s NY Times. Instead, they were hearty, stir fried beef and rice in seperate compartments with cooked carrots shaped as [...]

Ramen setagaya

Although Setagaya’s been around for a while, it took me some time to actually try it out. Originally, I heard it was delicious. Then the flavor fell a bit. And now, there is a new Setagaya right on St. Marks place (the originally place a few blocks away still exists) and it [...]