While I've been to Blue Ribbon in Park Slope, I hadn't had a chance to dine at Blue Ribbon Sushi in SoHo-- until last week. After a rowdy few hours of bank-crowd cocktails at The Bailey, five of us split from the large group to pile into two cabs. Our out-of -town colleagues (one each from Belgium, the UK and Germany) insisted this was the first choice for our sushi craving this evening.
The dimly lit venue with grey and sunken wooden benches dominating the atmosphere- appeared nearly empty, and yet our lack of reservation still caused a bit of commotion. Our warm, pink cheeks insisted that we were happy to squeeze into a booth.
We allowed the out-of-town gents take the reigns on the menu, as they had their set of favorites. Among those, the Ise Ebi Sashimi- a whole raw lobster with miso butter, the very special platter and platters of chef-recommended rolls and appetizers. To sip, we had a few bottles of sake from the tremendously extensive list, beer and wine at the server's discretion.
The venue is a winner of the Best of New York Awards, and rumored to have the best raw fish in town. Albeit undeniably spectacular, I'm not sure I'd grant it that honor (eh hem...Masa).
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