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visiting NYC for the 1st time, any good sushi rest in midtown
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I am staying in Mid Town and I am looking for a good Sushi Restaurant, any suggestions.
California girl her 1st time in NYC

Iwantyouwecanhititupthefloor983 reads

Related Link: Sushi Yasuda

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luke20121006 reads

great, but off the charts expensive for raw fish! Similar to the topics on this site!

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Iwantyouwecanhititupthefloor1030 reads

That people call sushi, and there is sushi. Yasuda's is the latter. Naomichi is untouchable.

You can get out of there for $100 pp.

but why? lmao

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luke2012910 reads

she's from LA, paid for a plane and hotel and, likley not looking to drop $100+ at the Yasuda  sushi bar - In Midtown, near GCT, like Yasuda, there are 10-15 other options -

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kiannaflower1008 reads

Poor girl from CA was just asking simple recommendation and you guys are turning this into a food war!!
Midtown, decent sushi, great service, authentic kitchen menu and sake menu all at the very affordable price at restaurant Riki. Yes, I'm a bad Japanese who doesn't only eat at the best NYC can offer. The wonderful thing about NY is you don't have to go to "the best" for good dinner. When I crave little taste from home, that's one of the places I pop into. No reservation, food snobs, just nice relaxing dinner all by myself. We have many, many great restaurants of every cuisine here in NY that's what makes our city so great. Let's just agree to disagree you guys are making me hungry! :)

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rimbaud913739 reads

East 60s on First Avenue, I think it is one of the best, but expensive as all top quality sushi restaurants will be.

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inicky461017 reads

It's about all kinds of fish, but especially about sushi.  Much of it is not the fish you think you are eating.

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Related Link: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/20/fish-seafood-fraud-common-oceana-r...

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Iwantyouwecanhititupthefloor856 reads

I wouldn't worry about that going to a great place. A master itamae would do no such thing.

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garvin_fred1011013 reads

If you want the best sushi you need to go to a real, authentic Japanese restaurant.  Like the Chinese or Korean provider who uses a Japanese moniker and calls herself Japanese, there are many fake sushi restaurants in Manhattan, usually Chinese owned.  It makes a difference.  A real Japanese sushi restaurant will give you authentic ingredients and not substitute and try to fool you on the fish.  Plus the training of the Japanese sushi chef is vital.  The type of knives and the cutting of the fish can affect the taste.  The rice must be prepared properly and by tradition.  Here’s a good rule of thumb.  If the place offers delivery, they are not real Japanese.  Japanese restaurants do not deliver.  You can get take out, but you must pick it up.  Restaurants offering delivery are usually Chinese run sushi places.  Having said that, in midtown I would suggest Nada Sushi on East 50th Street just off of Lexington.  Real, authentic and delicious.  I would suggest sitting at the counter on the left as you walk in.  Sit in front of Sacho, the owner/chef.  Say you want to eat “omakase” which basically means “chef’s choice”.  He will decide for you and serve you one piece at a time.   A full setting along with beer or sake will set you back about $80 to $120 per person.  Another tip, when you are at a real Japanese sushi restaurant, is don’t order California rolls.  They are an American concoction, and they will laugh behind your back because asking for California rolls indicates you are not a sophisticated sushi eater.

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luke2012800 reads

great choice -

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crazyshit1033 reads

Are you telling me that Sushi of Gari is not real because they deliver?

You need to do your research on this place and the pedigree of the sushi chef and chefs there.

Omakase is one way of ordering, but hardly the only way.

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garvin_fred101728 reads

First of all, eating omakase was a suggestion.  I never said it was the only way to eat.  Don't know where you got that.  Secondy, you obviously know nothing about Japanese culture.  Sushi of Gari is a chain of restaurants.   Would you rather eat a burger at a sole spot like Old Town Bar or Corner Bistro, or do you prefer TGIFriday’s burgers?  Do you think Chef Masatoshi Sugi is the real owner?  Ever hear of partners adding a Japanese chef out front for an attempt at authenticity?  I have eaten at the Gari on Columbus when I was going to the Beacon Theater.  All Chinese chefs and one Hispanic behind the counter.  They get paid less than a Japanese chef, so that's why they get hired when the owners aren't Japanese.  The sushi was not served properly.  A very disappointing experience.  I have traveled extensively throughout Japan many times. I speak Japanese. Oh, and my wife is Japanese.  Anyway, keep enjoying what you think is authentic sushi.  LOL.

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garvin_fred101942 reads

Read my first post, asshole.  And change your name from crazyshit to dumbshit.

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crazyshit756 reads

Another foodie know-it-all snob like yourself...hilarious.

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crazyshit1017 reads

Or that it is only authentic Japanese if it is Japanese-owned and operated.  Really stupid.

So you're a dude that has a Japanese wife...so that makes you an authority on Japanese cuisine.  Haha...that's amazing logic.

Sushi of Gari has four locations in Manhattan.  I'd hardly call that a chain, like, say, Outback.  A chain isn't even necessarily bad, but that's a bit of that NYC douchebag kinda attitude, I guess.

Describe what proper Japanese sushi preparation and service is.  Lots of my friends are Japanese.  I am Asian myself.  My friends are hitters in Japan.  They tell me that Gari and many other places are true Japanese places, whatever that means.

You can tell me that you didn't like it, because who am I to tell you what you like?  But to say it's not authentic is hilarious.  Especially the part about your wife being Japanese, and that you speak it yourself and have been there.  I've been to Chicago many times.  Does that make me an authority in Chicago?  You're crazy.

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crazyshit1137 reads

Raw fish on rice.

While we are on the subject, how do you foodies eat your sushi?  Because there is an "authentic" way to eat it, too.

LMAO.

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crazyshit795 reads

She said she wanted a good sushi place.  And there are many great sushi places in the city.

Don't use this as a way for you to get on your pedestal and preach about "real sushi."

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crazyshit766 reads

http://www.trevorcorson.com/sushi-eat.html

LMAO.

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