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4 munchies: With no menu available at this 12-seater restaurant, I picked the Spanish mackerel for my ichiju-sansai (一汁三菜; a traditional Japanese meal of one soup and three side dishes) offering. It comes with a bowl of miso soup infused with fennel and spring onion, crunchy greens, and a baked omelette.
Roasted in the convection oven with nothing but salt, the flaky yet firm texture of the Spanish mackerel had a perfect bite each time. The bonito-flake topping for the seven-grain rice was also my absolute favourite – saturated with the classic Japanese sake, mirin and soy.
All ingredients at OKONOMI are either cooked in hot water or torched and roasted without the use of butter and oil. Ichiju-sansai is served only during breakfast and lunch from 9am to 3pm. #munchinginNY
