When I entered Buddakan in New York, I said to myself “wow, this is it”. This place is decorated just like in the movies where the Yakuza meetings take place with large tables, big chandeliers hanging from the high carved ceilings, very chic waiters and waitresses. You get a first impression that you will be […]
Are you looking for a Japanese bar, which is illuminated just like a darkroom, used for photography? If your answer is yes, then this is the place for you. Sake Bar Decibel is a crowded, ‘literally’ underground bar in East Village, New York. Waitresses are wearing kimono and serve you tens of different types […]
The best new alternative to sushi isn’t a slab of $100 Kobe beef but the Japanese small-plates style of after-work/late-night dining called izakaya. Arisyoshi is a good example of such in Manhattan’s East Village and this is where we found ourselves at after a Thursday-night concert at the Carnegie Hall. It must have been at […]
