Iroha Sushi NYC

Top left is the monkfish liver pate and center is the red snapper.
A little cold potato and tofu soup.

Iroha Sushi is located at 152 W. 49th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. We ended up there quite by accident. I had read about a restaurant called Sapporo that is known for its cheap noodle soups such as soba. We went and ate one day at what we thought was Sapporo and emerged to realize the Sapporo was next door. We then realized we had eaten at Iroha and we are glad we did. In fact, we liked it so much that we returned for a quick dinner before the Leonard Cohen show. The little restaurant was packed but not noisy. The service was quick and the menu interesting. We had the potato-tofu soup. Our daughter, P, is a huge tofu lover so she enjoyed the soup which was basically a Vichysoisse. Very creamy and cold. P, being a vegetarian, had the cucumber and avocado rolls which she thoroughly enjoyed. I had the specials for the night which included a pate of monkfish liver. This was a pate, apparently made of the liver of a monkfish and sliced into several thick slices. Accompanied by a ponzu sauce and some pickled seaweed, it was a flavorful delicacy at only $9.00. The other special was some red snapper line caught in Japan. It was translucent in color and had an extremely fresh taste. Yeah, it was good. And we even had dessert--a mille crepe cake which consisted of numerous crepe layers sandwiched over a cream layers such as that found in eclair. Excellent. Probably came from outside but it was good, so who cares. Iroha is just another example of the many well run, intimate restaurants that can be found in Manhattan. If you are in midtown, check it out. And Sapporo looks like it is worth a try also !