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I recently had dinner at Soba Nippon, which was perfectly decent, but not something I'd go out of my way for. We started with two specials, oden with assorted fish cake, and braised eggplant with miso. I'd recently had the very same oden at Village Yokocho. The fish cake is better - fancier, somehow - at Soba Nippon, but Village Yokocho's broth was superior to Soba Nippon's (and dished out much more generously). The eggplant was a giant cylinder, very soft and generally very pleasing.
For my main course, I had cold soba with nameko mushrooms and grated daikon. The soba was nice enough, but it didn't wow me (my current soba favorites are Soba Koh and Sakagura, with a nod to the late Matsugen). The mushrooms were tiny and adorable, but they didn't taste like much.
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I hadn't heard about Katsu-Hama. I'll have to try it one day while I am alone. I don't think Yakitori Totto does lunch. I agree about Sushi Den, but only if you sit at the bar. Thanks so much. I'm going to go with Shinbashi. Will report back. This is completely off-neighborhood, but I ate at Wasan on E 4th Street the other night, got the NY Local menu and thought it was overall excellent - and a great deal.
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Yakitori Totto
251 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019Shinbashi
7 East 48th Street, New York, NY 10017Katsu-Hama
43 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019Wasan
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Not sure if there are any good ones between 5th and 6th or 6th and 7th in midtown. They tend to be east of 5th.
Shinbashi is a good restaurant and the sushi is better than nippon. But if you like soba noodles go to nippon-and stick to the cooked food.
If you like tonkatsu, then try Katsu-hama on e 47th. Super casual but tasty-of course everything is fried.
For a good sushi meal thats less than yasuda or karuma, I like hatsuhana on 48th and sushiden on 49th-not cheap, but not super expensive.-----
Shinbashi
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