Word: nobu
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...relatively authentic because of the “freshness of fish.” The quality of food and the atmosphere transport the diner to Japan, as Oishii closely resembles the typical little sushi bars of Tokyo. While it is not an extremely fancy restaurant, the chef is from Nobu, a famed restaurant in New York. Just beware of the long waits to get a table at this 14-seater, as they do not take reservations...
...sushi breakfast. Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, Tsukiji. GLIMPSE OF OLD EDO At Asakusa in historic downtown Tokyo, wander up Nakamise-dori poking through the stalls for souvenirs. Buy your fortune - translated into very bad English - at Sensoji Temple. POWER LUNCH Unlike its New York and London counterparts, Nobu Tokyo doesn't make you wait three months for a table. Plus, it features a delightful midday prix-fixe meal at about $30. 6-10-17 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, tel. 03 5467-0022. PEOPLE WATCHING Stroll along Omotesando's wide tree-lined avenue of designer boutiques, where Tokyo fashionistas gather...
...neighborhood. It has the highest congestion of superior restaurants in the city: Danube, Montrachet, Chanterelle, Nobu, and a lot of cozier places with smart food and delicious pretensions. A lot of movies have been shot here: our local fire house (now festooned with funeral flowers) was the setting for ?Ghostbusters,? and if you look closely at any number of independent films, you?ll see the back alley of my apartment house on Hudson Street...
...ended up at Nobu with friends, and there was Ermakova, the colossal blunder he didn't make until his career's last day. He was still buzzing with the thrill of his final match, still wanting a piece of the action. Then he was in a closet; standing outside himself for the second time that day, he watched someone named Boris Becker drunkenly sire a daughter. "I had no idea what I was doing," he says. "It wasn't an affair. It was just poom-bah-boom...
...foods other than Japanese have the advantage of appearing both diet-friendly and trendy. Hipness rather than fitness was on Jonathan Moore's mind when he conceived of Bond Street, a superchic restaurant downtown. "Nobu has great food, but it's not a happening ambiance," says the Israeli-born Moore, with a dismissive air. "There was no Japanese restaurant that was really downtown cool...