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Best NYC Japanese?

3 posts · Aug 18, 1995 to Aug 26, 1995

Josiah G.Central Services: "We Do The Work, You Do The Pleasure."Aug 18, 1995
Yugo Y. wrote:

> Need your recommendations for the best Japanese food in New York City,
> regardless of price (for the most part).

oooh....this is gonna generate a number of responses.  However: My favorite sushi bar is on the upper east side.  Hatsune  on 73rd street--just east of 1st Ave.
DMSR.A.W.Aug 22, 1995
Yugo Y. wrote:

> Need your recommendations for the best Japanese food in New York City,
> regardless of price (for the most part).
>
> Thanks

Everyone I know thinks that the best place for sushi is Tomoe, on Thompson street above Houston.  Distinctively fresh sushi and big slabs of it. They definitely serve the biggest portions of sushi of any restaurant I've been to.

Tomoe is reasonably priced but small.  The restaurant is full by 5:30pm (!) and the line can get formidably long.  Drew Nieporent took Nobu Matsuhisa to Tomoe when he came to NYC to open Nobu.
Steve M.La BouillabaisseAug 26, 1995
Someone wrote:
: I am shocked that no one mentioned HASAKI, 9th street and 2nd avenue. : Small, nuthin' fancy, but great chefs.

That's my favorite sushi joint too.  Very fresh, and great nabeyaki udon too.  Too bad it's so small and so damned crowded all the time (like someplace else I know).

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