#MATSUNOSUKE (New Japanese treat spot)

This is a new Japanese cafe and pastry shop originally from Tokyo and Kyoto - now also in New York!

Only 5 weeks old in this Greenwich Village spot by the 8th Street crosstown bus stop, is this delicious heavenly find for one with sweet tooth.  Their specialties are worth trying!

They specialize in the light as a cloud pancake which I still have to try but can imagine.

I just had lunch so I opted for their blackout cake. Chocoholics out there would certainly appreciate this super moist, dark chocolate cake topped with lighter pieces of crumbled chocolate brownies or cake?! Decadent and yet less rich than it's usual Western counterpart.

 The place is a small neat spot in this wonderful uplifted block.

The pancakes are usually not flavored but if plain, comes with their version of homemade maple cream. Below are other pancake options.

There are several treats you can order in this sweet spot:

The menu is in the board:

Welcome to Japan!

MATSUNOSUKE

JAPANESE Chiffon Pancakes

58 West 8th St

New York, NY 10011

1-212-529-5888

Closed Mondays

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FUKUROU - Japanese Restaurant

My latest favorite Japanese restaurant in Greenwich Village

And here are the dishes we ate!

Fried seaweed for appetizer

Avocado tofu was smooth and light. You dip it in sauce with wasabe

Fried chicken that falls off the bone skewered well so you don't have to pick it up with your fingers

Black ribs - grilled with some miso sauce

Seafood rice. Order this first because of the delicate flavor

Eel in special house sauce

Cheesecake with sweet "pickled" Cherry tomatoes (so good - not sweet and like a chiffon cake)

Mango cheesecake - more like a mousse.

We live everything we ate and very reasonably priced!

Fukurou

87 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012

Greenwich Village

http://fukurou.soh.bz