Izakaya treat!
Posted in Good Eats, NYC on 10/27/2009 08:40 pm by dana
It has been a long week already, and it’s only Tuesday (that’s right, I’m lookin at you, Legal Writing midterm…). We decided to get an early start tonight on celebrating Taylor’s birthday this weekend with a mid week treat dinner at Saka Gura (www.sakagura.com) an izakaya (see, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izakaya) in Midtown. I was intrigued by the review i read, which noted that you have to walk through a “weird lobby” to find the restaurant. After making our way through an 80s retro office building and down three flights of stairs, we were in a total hidden gem. Although intimidated by the sake menu, we followed our waiter’s recommendation and got an amazing (although somewhat spenny) bottle of nigori sake. We also enjoyed some fantastic chicken meatballs, sashimi over rice, and the most fantastic (and non chocolate) truffles. Another Japanese hidden wonder in Midtown, infiltrated by T&D.
