Greg Tam

Another visit to one of my favourite sushi spots, Ki Sushi. As usual, I got the 10-piece $55 omakase, with fish flown in from Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo. The pieces have changed each of the 3 times I have visited. This time, it included catfish, which I had for the first time in sushi. There was also a mouthwatering gunkan maki with o-toro, uni, and ikura.

Pro tip: Only their Flatbush Avenue location will give you a complimentary ginger ice cream when you order the omakase.

If you're looking for a quick healthy bite to eat, then head over to Milu. They are a counter-serve Chinese restaurant that offers healthy rice bowls. I got the Mandarin Duck one, which ones with a tender duck leg, homemade hoisin sauce, marinated cucumbers, and rice. You can either pick from white rice or mixed grains. Best of all, the mixed grains do not cost any extra.

It is a little bit overpriced for counter-serve food, but it is quite delicious.

Dim Sum Go Go is a Michelin Bib Gourmand rated restaurant. The food was excellent and fully matched my expectations. The only minor disappointment was that they offered only one type of tea—jasmine. Nonetheless, I was very satisfied with the meal and have it on my permanent go-to list.

Sushi Yasaka is one of my favourite sushi restaurants in NYC. It serves very authentic Japanese food, including a delicious omakase. Since we went at lunch, they only had the mini-omakase available. But even this included a fatty cut of tuna nigiri, a piece of uni nigiri without nori (how often do you see that?), and a toro roll. We also ordered an uni maki roll, which is also very rarely seen in restaurants. Sadly, inflation has caused the price to increase from $9 about 7 years ago to $15 today. Finally, we also had the agedashi tofu and the sauteed mushrooms (which seemed to be cooked with sake). Both were excellent. To finish the meal, we ate a matcha tiramisu which had matcha ice cream and the sweetest strawberries with cream.

Despite the increase in price of the uni roll, the meal still remained very affordable, especially when compared to other sushi restaurants in Manhattan. I still highly recommend paying a visit!

If you know the salad chain Little Beet, you should know that they also have a restaurant called Little Beet Table and they serve some pretty incredible veggie options. I highly recommend the mushroom and black bean burger and crispy spirulina rice, which I have highlighted here. The mushroom reuben is also excellent.