I’m typically not the type of diner who goes back to places multiple times, so the ones I frequent are a short list. Kodama Sushi, however, remains my favorite affordable sushi joint in the city. It’s such an easy and delicious pre-theatre meal and you know you can be in and out quickly. Hard to beat. It also helps that it’s just a few short blocks away from where I live! I’ve already written about it at greater length, so this will be short and just two quick pictures.
Go. You won’t regret it.
There are an abundance of sushi restaurants in NYC, and a ton in Times Square, however, one always stands out as being VERY reasonable and VERY good: Kodama. I have been there many, many times and it never disappoints.
This time, my mom and her boyfriend took Mike and I to this restaurant for my birthday. We started with one of my favorite dishes there, the “friend” asparagus. It is very, very lightly flash fried and comes with green tea salt for dipping. It is always a crowd pleaser.
Next up we got the shrimp shu mai (steamed dumplings). So good.
We also ordered a lot of food for all of us to share. It included the Black Dragon Roll which is shrimp tempora wrapped in eel (and something else that I’m blanking on). We also ordered the sushi sampler with 8 assorted pieces of sushi, a tuna roll, and miso soup. We also each ordered a fatty tuna sushi and a sea urchin. The sea urchin is a sushi I struggle with. I LOVE the taste but the gelatinous consistency is just a bit much for me. I did enjoy it though. The Black Dragon Roll was definitely the stand-out, however.
After we polished off that plate, we were still a bit hungry. So we ordered a “Mets Roll” (eel with cucumber topped with avocado) and a Spider Roll (soft shell crab). Both were sensational, though the Black Dragon was still the best.
The entire meal came to about $140, and all four of us left completely full with fresh fish. Not too shabby for Times Square Sushi!
Total Nom Points: 7 out of 10
