OOTOYA - #Japanesefood

I've walked so much today through snow puddles and slush only to find out the restaurant I was aiming for was closed. 

Thank God that Ootoya was open!  I have been here before and really liked it.

I think they serve really authentic Japanese food and they serve it really fresh.  Even though their sushi dishes are basic and familiar pieces,  they are fresh.

Tonight, I went for the original Ootoya Pork belly set.  I liked the grilled pork. I think it was grilled.  It was tender and juicy and sliced to pieces ready for you to eat it with chopsticks.  For those who don't know how to use chopsticks, they can give you a fork.  But you really won't need a knife.

It came with watercress salad, mashed potato, pickles on the side, bowl of rice and tofu custard in the small covered bowl.

Above is an appetizer which I ate as my dessert.  This is blue fin tuna with Uni on top of grated yam - which has the consistency of nato.

Above is a side dish of spinach with some mini mushroom and shredded bonito flakes. A little bit on the salt side, I thought.  But I wanted more vegetables.

They serve various items from grilled fish, sushi and sashimi, soba, ramen, chicken, beef and pork.

It is a very reasonably priced restaurant serving authentic dishes like as if you went to Japan.

#OOTOYA 

8 W 18th St, New York, NY 10011

USHIWAKAMARU

They're back! Now it's in Chelsea area.

I lucked out because the restaurant had just opened and people were still at work.  I happen to be alone on my way to rate a movie in the area.  There was another person waiting outside.

Slightly pricier than before but the place looks bigger and nicer. 

I ordered the sushi and sashimi combination prix-fixed set.  As usual, they still serve really fresh seafood just like I ate in Japan.

The new place where they prepare the sashimi a and sushi.

Table settings

My sashimi plate as part 1 of my dinner

My sushi plate as second course.  I think this pairing of sashimi and sushi is a fairly good deal counting the pieces and what it would have been if you ate it alacarte.  Plus don't forget the quality.  That comes first in rating sushi!

#Ushiwakamaru

362 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011

917-639-3940

USHIWAKAMARU

They're back! Now it's in Chelsea area.

I lucked out because the restaurant had just opened and people were still at work.  I happen to be alone on my way to rate a movie in the area.  There was another person waiting outside.

Slightly pricier than before but the place looks bigger and nicer. 

I ordered the sushi and sashimi combination prix-fixed set.  As usual, they still serve really fresh seafood just like I ate in Japan.

The new place where they prepare the sashimi a and sushi.

Table settings

My sashimi plate as part 1 of my dinner

My sushi plate as second course.  I think this pairing of sashimi and sushi is a fairly good deal counting the pieces and what it would have been if you ate it alacarte.  Plus don't forget the quality.  That comes first in rating sushi!

#Ushiwakamaru

362 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011

917-639-3940