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• Farmers Markets, Santa Monica, Street Eats

  Fruits, Oysters, and Sashimi at Santa Monica Farmers Market – LA

  04.09.12 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Our trip to the Santa Monica Farmers Market happened on Day Four, but it wasn’t until Day 7 (the last day of our first LA trip!) we got to try the most interesting purchase of the trip. Seriously, it was mind-blowing and completely legal, within California and beyond. MORE »

• East Village, Restaurants

  Omakase at Jewel Bako – NYC

  12.01.11 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  It was the BF’s birthday (Happy Birthday David!) a few weeks ago, so as I usually do, I took him out for sushi. This year we went to Jewel Bako in the East Village. It’s one of the pricier sushi restaurants in the neighborhood, but I’d say it’s worth it as long as you order correctly. MORE »

• Closings, LES, Restaurants

  Another One Bites the Dust: Sushi Uo – NYC

  12.09.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  When Eater put Sushi Uo on their Deathwatch List, I was hoping they were wrong. Sure, in their short history Sushi Uo had four different chefs, the place was never packed, and their website had a perpetual placeholder that said “Coming Soon,” but still, of the two times I went, the food was fabulous.
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• LES, Restaurants

  Recession Sushi at Sachiko’s on Clinton – NYC

  04.08.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Unless you’ve been living under a rock or ensconced in a gated community, you probably know it’s a recession. Some say we’re even in a depression. And although I’m lucky enough to still have a job, you never know what may happen next. (Look kindly upon me corporate gods of Midtown!) As a result, I’ve been trying to be more conscious about cost when going out to eat, even more so than before. Last week, David wanted sushi and suggested Le Miu (which unbeknownst to us, closed recently), but not wanting to pay at least a hundred on a regular work night, I suggested Sachiko’s, which was right around the corner from where we were standing. (We had just finished looking at another crappy overpriced apartment in the Lower East Side. It turns out after a few weeks apartment hunting, our crappy overpriced LES apartment is slightly less crappy and less overpriced than we actually thought.) David didn’t seem too excited as usual, but he agreed after some coaxing, and five minutes later we were sitting inside Sachiko’s on Clinton. MORE »

• Restaurants, TriBeCa

  Restaurant Week at Megu – NYC

  03.22.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  

  I’ll be making this post short, because I don’t want to waste more time with Megu than I already have. Basically, I went to Megu New York last week because it was Restaurant Week (i.e. participating restaurants offer a 3 course prix fixe meal for $35) and had a very mediocre meal. And for those who’ll say, it’s because I had the food from the Restaurant Week menu and not the regular menu, that wasn’t the case. David, of course, stubborn as he is, refused to order off the Restaurant menu and ordered from the regular menu. In fact, had he not done so, I would have thought Megu wasn’t all that bad. Surprisingly, the non-Restaurant Week dishes were actually worse than the Restaurant Week dishes. It was quite bizarre.

  In addition, interpret it as you will, but when we were given menus, the Restaurant Week menu was not given to us. It was after the waiter came to take our order that I had to ask if there was a Restaurant Week menu. When I did, he stuttered a bit, and then returned with two heavily creased menus. No apologies. Was it an honest mistake? I doubt it. MORE »