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Gyu-Kaku is located at 34 Cooper Square, which is roughly at Bowery and East 6th Street. I've eaten at Gyu-Kaku at least 10 times over the past 12 months. Gyu-Kaku is an effervescent restaurant - good buzz and good vibe. Somewhat chic but comfortable environment. Very friendly and competent service. But, best of all, it has good rameni, which is particularly remarkable because Gyu-Kaku is not a ramen shop and is subject to a heavy Korean influence (not a bad thing, by any means, but merely suggests ramen would not be an area of expertise). Gyu-Kaku's area of expertise is in barbecue -- bringing out good quality and tasty meats and vegetables for you to grill at your table. They do it well. They also do a wonderful bi bim ba.

The Japanese style karei-rice (curry rice) is a very traditional japanese food, though one might not think so. Of course, it wasn't historically so, but since curry spices were imported, it has become a staple of Japanese cuisine.

The Japanese Kare-rice is a thick creamy roux, with flour and potatos stewed until it is crumbling in the curry. Most standard kare-rice will have a few morsels of beef as well. Served on a plate of white rice, so that half of the plate is white, the other half of the plate is covered in curry, it is garnished with red pickles (fukujin-zuke). Curiously, that is about the only time you will see fukujin-zuke served in Japan.

yummy sushii

Just came across this great How-to, on Sushii and eating Sushi.

Since Oyajii love sushi, but can't usually afford it on a regular basis, we'll even defer to the Yuji-san who seems to be as seasoned an Oyaji as ourselves.

How to eat Sushi, from EugeneCiurana.com

From the How-to: