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...part-owners Schiffer, Macpherson and Campbell--and now teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Turlington, who later joined the venture, left the cafe last year, and the menu at the Rockefeller Center location can't even spell the name of one of its co-owners correctly, offering "Noami's Fish & Chips...
...stemmed his abiding interest in the "totemic"--in mythic images that were either lost to modern, Euro-American culture or buried so far back in its origins that they seemed mysterious and exotic. Pollock in the late 1930s was a boy in deep emotional trouble, drinking like a fish and undergoing Jungian analysis. Like other Abstract Expressionists-to-be (Mark Rothko, for instance), he was on the lookout for archetypes and dark, unconsulted levels of feeling, in the hope that art could release his inner shaman, antlers, rattle and all. Hence the portentous "mythic" subjects of his pictures (The Moon...
...good sushi lies in the oft-overlooked rice, which has to strike the right balance between vinegar and salt. Straying too far toward one or the other extreme is treacherous and detracts from the flavor of the fish. Additionally, the consistency of the rice is imperative. Once the proper proportion of ingredients is calibrated, the rice is compacted on mats into little rolls. In the absence of adequate air between the grains, the texture and flavor are ruined. When the balls of rice supporting nigiri sushi are too compact, they interfere with the customer's experience of the fish...
...resident chef of Cafe Japonaise has a point. A soy bath drowns out the nutty taste of more delicate fish like suzuki (sea bass) or yellowtail. Crab sticks ($3) are supported by thin strips of cucumber and held together by a ribbon of seaweed on top of a gently formed and richly textured ball of rice. Velvety tuna is pounded into the texture of tartar and mixed with scallions in the Tuna and Scallion Roll ($4.50). Iridescent slabs of yellowtail arrive on a platter ($16.50) with translucent pink tuna slices, striated salmon, and a seaweed purse brimming with giant...
...atypical: gone are the origami sculptures and cafeteria-like counters; waitresses in kimonos are nowhere to be found. Instead, Ella Fitzgerald croons from the stereo and marbled black tables are lit by suspended pearlate lamps. A richly-patterned curtain is elegantly draped to frame the window and an enormous fish tank full of exotic fish is sunk into the wall above the sushi...