Tuesday, July 17, 2007

First Anticipated Meal in NYC




Tired of the Barnard cafeteria one week into freshman year, I frantically called relatives and city friends to dine out, doing anything I could to save myself from rubber pizza and processed cold cuts.


A good friend lived downtown, and I suggested we go to Japonica, a restaurant about which I’d read in New York Magazine the previous year, known for having a beautiful sushi roll topped with edible flowers. She’d been to the restaurant many times and affirmed its deliciousness.


My first impression was that it had a decidedly neighborhood atmosphere —something I hadn’t expected in a New York Mag-featured spot. The meal also measured up to city-renowned status. The Madame Butterfly Roll (the flower roll) was everything I’d anticipated.

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