For Presidents Day, we went to Tanoshi in the Upper East Side to try their 10 piece omakase dinner. Tanoshi lets you BYOB but we didn’t really feel like drinking so we just had the green tea that they served with dinner.
I really appreciated that they asked if you had any particular likes or dislikes. I’m not a fan of raw shrimp so I let the chef know. He asked if I was okay with cooked shrimp since the miso soup they serve is flavored with shrimp heads. That small cup of miso soup served later in the meal was really tasty.
I enjoyed the entire meal, all of the sushi was well seasoned, not fishy, and bite sized. They expect you to eat with your hands and they made sure you always had pickled ginger on your plate. It’s definitely less fancy and more cramped than Sushi Nakazawa, where we had Easter lunch last year.
This was the crowd favorite. My top uni dish is still at Mu Ramen though.
Sushi purists like Yasuda would probably hate this handroll but I liked it. They keep their nori warm in a toaster oven to keep it nice and crisp.
Between Nakazawa or Tanoshi, I’d probably go back to Tanoshi more, it being more affordable, closer to home and easier to park at.