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| | Bar Masa | | | “If you think that spending $350 on a single meal at Masa is an absurd extravagance, then try Bar Masa.” —nymag | | Cuisine: Sushi |
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| | | | | | When Masayoshi Takayama sold his famed Los Angeles sushi restaurant and moved into the Time-Warner Center, most of the attention was lavished on his famously expensive four-star gem, Masa. There, you pay anywhere between $400–500 per person for whatever omakase menu Chef Masa wants to serve that day... Read More | | | | | | Masayoshi Takayama's Masa may be the best sushi in America, and definitely the most expensive meal in the city, at $400 a person, but for paupers like me, check out the bar version a la "Bar Masa." It might be difficult to get a seat in this narrow mini-masa, but easier to get a seat at th... Read More | | | | | | If munching on bar food isn’t your bent, perhaps you’ll reconsider in the sanctuary of Bar Masa in the Time Warner Center. It may seem like folly to plunk down $15 for a few ounces of grilled chicken, but when you consider that Bar Masa’s wings are packed with at least three times the juiciness ... Read More | | | | | | Tuna, before it gets to Bar Masa.Wall Street Journal columnist Raymond Sokolov took a $15 piece of North Atlantic bluefin tuna sashimi home from Bar Masa to compare it to more pedestrian fish. "In my perfectly pleasant kitchen at home, eating that piece of smuggled Masa tuna was a bit of a com... Read More | | | | | | So Mr. T and I had some gift certificates to Bar Masa we received for Christmas. We have always wanted to try Masa proper but starting at $400 a person for dinner really isn’t in our price range! It was a Saturday and we were feeling some really good sushi in a non-rushed environment. We decided... Read More | | | | | | Lou Dobbs insists you put him down.Photo: Corbis Fugu, or the flesh of the blowfish, can be deadly if prepared the wrong way, as anyone who has seen the Simpsons episode where Homer is given 24 hours to live after having it served to him by an inexperienced chef can attest. (Actually, he’s given 22 ... Read More | | | | | | We decided to go do some shopping the other day at the Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle. Mr T needed some new work clothes and I was in desperate nee of a new pair of shoes. Trekking around the city so much really puts it's toll on your feet. My current pair of shoes actually ha holes in the ... Read More | | | | | | From Serious Eats: New York Photographs by Robyn Lee Morimoto 88 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 (b/n 15th and 16th; map); 212-989-8883; morimotonyc.com Service: Attentive and friendly Compare It To: Megu, Soto, Bar Masa Must-Haves: Roasted Black Cod Box, obe Beef Box, Chi... Read More | | | | | | Eater LA has the scoop on all the new celeb chefs that have signed on for Aria, a new resort casino opening up in Vegas. Some of the NYC heavyweights: "...Jean Georges Steakhouse; Le Cirque's Sirio Maccioni will open an Italian resto called Sirio...Joining the pack are Vegas newcomers Masayoshi... Read More | | | | | | Lots to chew on in the New York Times food section today. Harold McGee on using gelatin to concentrate the flavors of nearly anything into consommé-like essences: "It’s ingenious. As the jelly freezes, the water in it begins to form solid ice crystals, while the gelatin, the solid food p... Read More | | | |
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