Kiiroi Hana (To Go)
After snapping the picture of the new Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine set to open on 56th St. I happened upon a place that caught my interest. What appeared to be a generic middle of the road Midtown sushi joint, had placed a cooler/glass case in front of their restaurant and were selling pre-made little boxes of sushi and other Japanese food… and there was a line. I love sushi, and am always looking for good, cheap sushi at lunch, but I usually avoid the restaurant places because they are a little bit more money then I want to spend, and I don’t really eat at sit down places for lunch. I’ll make exceptions for buffets, and really good ramen places… but sushi restaurants, I tend to avoid.
But this one was selling boxes of sushi out front, and that makes it exciting! I don’t know what it is about setting up shop on a sidewalk that makes something more appetizing to me, but it just does. Sell fresh made delicious sushi (or BBQ, or falafel, or gyro or teriyaki for that matter), in a restaurant where I have to sit, order, wait and then tip, and I’ll hesitate. But take the same food, put it in a to go container, and sell it on the sidewalk for the same price- and I’ll be the first one on line.
What they’ve got, the pictures, and the +/- after the jump…
Posted by Zach at 8:59 am, November 1st, 2006 under 56th btw. 5+6th, Japanese, Sushi.
