NYC Tastes

Between the holiday season and everything else going on I am a little behind on posting. Some reviews may never make it, we'll see what happens but I'll try and give it a go! So last weekend my friends from home came to visit to see NYC at holiday time. We did all the touristy stuff like Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Time Warner Center, etc. We even stopped for a drink at Hawaiian Tropic Zone since we figured we were already acting like tourists we might as well do it up! By the end of the day we were starving and wanted to get out of all of the crowds. I figured Tribeca would be pretty devoid of people so we hopped in a cab and headed to EN Japanese Brasserie for dinner. We got there about 6:15 and were seated right away even though our reservation was for 6:45. We ordered some beers and shochu while we looked at the menu. EN is basically an izakaya where you order small plates of food to share while drinking. We decided to go slow and order only a few dishes at a time and...