Acclaimed, inventive sushi, Japanese small plates & tasting menus crafted in elegant surrounds.
"WHAT: National-caliber izakaya opened in 2007 by Tim and Nancy Cushman in an intimate sliver of a rehabbed firehouse.
WHY: Despite the menu’s seeming Magnetic Poetry randomness, dishes arrive as precise and evocative as edible Seurats. Kombu-braised whole-shallot “nigiri” shimmer with subtly molecular soy pearls doing their best Osetra impression. Salt-crusted A5 wagyu melts away into luscious beef butter on the palate. Even mid-aughts cliches evince improbable relevance. To wit: raw hamachi perched atop delicate rice boules, dolloped with briny-hot banana-pepper mousse, then doused with truffle oil—seconds before a creme-brulee torch chars up beguiling savory-marshmallow notes you never knew existed. Bring money." [Eater]
Japanese Restaurant
Address: 9 East St, Boston, MA 02111