Slice
We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Programming ...
... To bring you this plug for my friend Sano's new sushi restaurant.
I wouldn't shamelessly hype a friend's pizzeria (Slice has to maintain a certain objectivity), but I feel no need to refrain from urging you to head to Taro Sushi New York, located at 446 Dean Street on the northern edge of Park Slope.
I've known Sano Yuji (right) for about two years now, since I started going to the now-defunct Gingko Leaf Cafe on Union Street in that same neighborhood. Sano introduced me to the world of raw fish, and I couldn't have asked for a better sushi sensei. He learned the trade working in his family's sushi restaurant—Taro Sushi—in Wakoshii, Japan (one train stop outside Tokyo proper in Saitama Prefecture) and prepares his fish in the edomae style (but doesn't mind making American-style sushi for the wary gaijin).
Now I don't know sushi the way I know pizza, so I won't go on and on, but just read this thread from Chowhound, which gives the Sano-era Gingko Leaf high marks. If last night's meal (part of which can be seen at left; I ate sushi and sashimi omakase—chef's choice—along with edamame, wasabi shumai, agedashi tofu, hajiki, and a lot of beer) was any indication, Sano has brought his skills intact to his own restaurant, which opened last night.
Sano-san's been planning to open his own place for years now, and I'd like to see him succeed, hence this nonpizza post. So go there. It's at 446 Dean Street. Right near the Atlantic Ave.–Pacific Street subway complex in Downtown Brooklyn. Tell him "Adam-san" sent you and he should treat you right.
He also does take-out and delivery, so give a call from the train as you head over the Manhattan Bridge and pick it up on your way home.
TARO SUSHI NEW YORK
Location: 446 Dean Street (b/n 5th Ave and Flatbush), Park Slope
Phone: 718-398-0872
Hours:
Tues.–Thurs., 12 to 3p.m.; 5 to 10:30p.m.
Fri.&Sat., 5 to 11p.m.
Sun., 5 to 10 p.m.
Mon., Closed.
Payment accepted: Cash, Visa, MasterCard
We now return you to your regularly scheduled pizza programming (but not before showing you this cool-looking box, below, that the day's uni was delivered in).
