[sumo] OT- Japanese restaurants in NY

[Charles Finberg]

Hi, Lynn,

But, Sag Harbor is literally 100 miles from Manhattan!  I have not been
within 40 miles of Sag Harbor for 40 years!

Sushi Yasuda, on East 43rd (between 2nd and 3rd).  The fish is a step above
everyone else's, but $4.50 per piece of sashimi.  Yikes!

Our personal favorite is Suguyama, on West 55th (off 8th Ave, I think): My
wife and I sat at the bar and were so warmly treated by Suguyama, his wife
and all staff.  Suguyama told us that Jesse himself (Takamiyama) had sat in
the same two places where we were eating!  Not cheap, but sit at the bar for
a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Ise  -- West 56th (just east of 6th Ave.).  Frequented by Japanese patrons.

Yama, which has several locations around Manhattan and is reasonably good
and generous, for the price.

FYI: NY Hilton now serves a Japanese buffet breakfast -- a variety of
oshinko, and grilled salmon, etc., etc.  Beats the heck out of sausage!

PS:  Who'll be in LA for the jungyo?  I still haven't seen tickets go on
sale....

Best for 2008, everyone!

Chuck


On 1/8/08, artist at aloha.net <artist at aloha.net> wrote:
>
> Chuck- Please consider trying one of the best Japanese restaurants in NY,
> actually in Sag Harbor, started by  former Makunouchi rikishi Iwatora.
> Most
> of the main dish and appetizer recipes are his own, many developed from
> his
> 18 years in sumo. Best sushi this side of Tokyo. see:
>
> http://www.seninthehamptons.com/main.htm
>
> Everyone is there, dress: Hamptons slouch.
> Personal note- would be nice to see you again! Been years.
> Lynn
> The sumo artist
> www.traditions.jp
>
> On 1/7/08 9:07 PM, "Charles Finberg" <cfinberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am both mortified and thrilled by this thread!  All JimBit did was
> mention
> > an advertisement with a photo of Konishiki, and then I helped develop it
> > into an endless thread of misinformation, corrections and apologiies.
> >
> > This is a sure sign that a basho is about to start!  Time for us to
> declare
> > our envy of those who will be at the Kokugikan during the next couple of
> > weeks.  If that's you, please do a little breakdance or moonwalk on the
> > hanamichi, for those of us watching on TV.  Or at least wear a hat
> covered
> > in tin foil.
> >
> > As for me, in my endless investigation Japanese restaurants, I have
> found
> > one in midtown Manhattan at which all the shelves behind the bar are
> covered
> > with half-consumed bottles of shochu, whose owners' names have been
> affixed
> > with masking tape.  Lucky me!
> >
> >
> > On 1/7/08, Thierry Perran <thierry.perran at club-internet.fr> wrote:
> >>
> >> My mystake, Jejima !
> >>
> >> Keep up the good work,
> >> Thierry
> >>
> >> Jezz a écrit :
> >>> On 06/01/2008, Thierry Perran <thierry.perran at club-internet.fr> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> During hon-basho, Konishiki faced only three times Mainoumi, and the
> >>>> first time was on the shonichi of the Hatsu basho 1995, so after the
> >>>> release of the Aerosmith album....
> >>>> Greetings from Paris,
> >>>> Thierry
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I thought they met more often than that.  A search on Sumo Reference,
> >>> comes up with this --->
> >>>
> >>> <
> >>
> http://sumodb.sumogames.com/Query_bout.aspx?year=&day=&m=on&shikona1=konishik
> >>
> i&heya1=-1&shusshin1=-1&rank1=&wins1=&winsopt1=0&shikona2=mainoumi&heya2=-1&s
> >>
> husshin2=-1&rank2=&wins2=&winsopt2=0&kimarite=-1&hthwins1=&hthwins2=&hth=0&gr
> >> oup_by=&group_by2=&g_op=%3E%3D&having=&show_form=0
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> This suggests 12 meetings in Makunouchi (first in March 1994), with
> >>> Mainoumi winning 7 of them.  From memory I'm not certain if this is
> >>> correct, as I always thought that they ended up splitting their bouts
> >>> evenly.
> >>>
> >>> Jejima
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