Dining out: Ginza
But a recent lunch at Ginza reinforced my feeling that few cuisines are as opulently comforting as Japanese you just have to look at it the right way.
When my husband, son and I had lunch at Ginza on a recent weekday, big wet flakes of snow were blowing everywhere and the skies were steel-gray. That made the shoebox-size dining space at Ginza particularly appealing. The wood floors, neon, doo-wop soundtrack and Japanese-style pop art featuring anime and Godzilla make for a warm, quirky space.
The food warms you up right away, as well. Our lunches started with bowls of miso soup, studded with tofu and green onions. Pick up the round bowl in both of your hands, inhale the aromatic steam and take a sip, and you're instantly warm.
My husband had the chicken teriyaki don, a huge bowl of teriyaki chicken and crispy tempura onions, lightly sauced and resting on a bed of sticky rice. It's simple, nourishing and delicious, an obvious comfort food.
But what a stimulating balance this lunch achieved! The savory beef was delicious with some rice to sop up its oily juices, and the salad, iceberg lettuce with red cabbage and carrots, was a great palate cleanser.
And then there was the sashimi, a lovely combination of flavors. Sashimi is the most elemental way to eat fish, and if it's good, the result is as rich and satisfying as any casserole or stew. Sure, it's served cold or, more accurately, cool but the intense, clean flavor of the fish with the accompanying soy sauce, pickled ginger and wasabi was explosive in my mouth. The octopus had the brightest flavor, the tuna was dark and strong, and the striped bass richly musky.
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