Fresh off the bus and heading to eat! Last month with Rach in town, we headed down to New York for a few days of culinary indulgence. You can call it plain gluttony if you like but quality is important to the Hungry Laws, not just quantity. Our chosen spot for a Midtown lunch was Aburiya Kinnosuke ( http://aburiyakinnosuke.com/) at 215 E45th Street. Perhaps it was my low expectations but this place blew them out the water. I was very very impressed. We went for two lunch sets - the most expensive one was $35 but it came with a boxed appetizer sampler, a dish of fried foods including a delicious crab claw enveloped in custard, then breaded and fried. There were also two pieces of cooked fish on shiso leaf and laver which were a great combination. The main entree was a beautifully-cooked just-done salmon fillet wrapped in sakura (cherry blossom) leaves and then cooked/baked under a salt crust. Magnificent. The server brought a wooden hammer to chisel away the salt, leaving salmon with a subtle taste of sakura which you can enhance with the surrounding salt, to your taste. Rice, pickles and miso soup was part of the course and the dessert was an incredibly fine slice of green tea mousse cake with green tea ice cream (which tasted store-bought). Rach was happy with her set which came with wagyu beef slices grilling on their own hot plate. We hustled a little for a private booth (which we got) and Rach spent a long time in the toilet. She told me she had to "press all the buttons".
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