![]() ![]() Maybe mayo, miso, and… I’m not sure what made it orange. But the little cup of orange sauce mitigated that dryness with some tasty flavor to boot. The liver, that it indeed turned out to be, was nice but on the dry side. I heated up the box for about two minutes to try to bring it to room temperature, and it seemed just about right. My friend and I went upstairs to eat in-house. Anytime there’s an option of liver on the menu I have to take advantage of the opportunity. Unfortunately for me, it’s hard to find anywhere because of the seemingly universal distaste for this amazing offal. The texture is different and I can see how that can be unappealing. I understand the liver haters’ points of view. I know this isn’t the norm, but I absolutely adore liver. They were heavy! The special for that day looked to me like fried chicken livers, and although it wasn’t labeled as that, I went for it. I took a picture of a few of the bento boxes. The traditional bento box is eaten at room temperature, and these were slightly below, so they supply microwaves to bring it back to where it needs to be. I’ve had them at restaurants before, but always for $12 or more. (None of them were labeled, by the way, so your guess is as good as mine as to what’s in the box). I’m sure many of you Japanese food connoisseurs would scoff at the idea of a refrigerated bento box rather than one prepared at home or purchased at a nice restaurant, but keep in mind these boxes were all less than $7. But the section I’m going to focus on is the refrigerated section, where you can pick up sushi, sashimi, and very cheap bento boxes to go or to eat on the premises. There’s an area where you can get soup bowls and the aforementioned Japanese fast food curries. There’s an area where you can get sandwiches to order that Clay wrote about last year. ![]() There’s one section that looks almost like a bakery, with muffins and pre-made sandwiches. The place was buzzing with customers but also with staff, always there to answer questions and help you out. (By the way, does *anybody* actually live in Midtown? And where the hell do they go grocery shopping?) In the back, Sunrise Mart sells items like sushi grade fish, roe, beef sliced thinly for shabu shabu, shishito peppers, and POCKY! If you haven’t tried pocky, the chocolate-and-other-flavor-covered biscuit sticks, you should try them at least once in your life.Īfter I got my fill in the back, I explored the lunch items. I love to cook, and I was hoping to find a place in the neighborhood to pick up groceries on the way home from work, but choices are few, as I’m sure you know. The first thing I did when I walked in was beeline for the grocery section, housed in the back of the place. But, I’m seeing this new treasure trove as a way I can branch out during my lunch hour without any complaints from the fella. So, I’ve had limited exposure to the cuisine over the last several years because it’s like pulling teeth to get him out to a Japanese restaurant. My husband doesn’t like sushi, and although he recognizes this as illogical, he can’t get it out of his mind that he also doesn’t like every other kind of Japanese food. I’m going to tread into this post with the caveat that I’m not terribly knowledgeable about Japanese food. Sunrise Mart is a half Japanese restaurant half Japanese grocery store with an upstairs seating area. Last week, my friend was in the mood for sushi, and I was hoping to try out Sunrise Mart, so off we went. 5th + Madison) was most intriguing to me so I made a note to come back. Cafe Zaiya and Yagura have been around forever, but Sunrise Mart (41st btw. He had gotten it at “one of those Japanese places” across from the NY Public Library. I thought he might have gone to one of my favorites, Go! Go! Curry, but it’s a bit of a jaunt from our office. A few weeks ago, I noticed a coworker eating a lovely-looking Japanese style Katsu pork curry at his desk. ![]()
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