Elf Sternberg

I'm actually able to enjoy sushi again, since I have a place that I trust where I can get it. It's over on the other side of the river, but when epinoid and I are in New Paltz, we often end up there.

The place in question started out as a Japanese home-cooking and noodle-shop. Everything she does is very authentic. We often go there and just get onigiri for lunch.

When Yoko decided to add sushi, I thought that she was, sadly, bowing to the pressure of The Market, which says "Japanese Restaurant"=="Sushi". The sushi chef that she hired is actually Japanese, and moved up here to basically go into early retirement. I have a feeling that Yoko-san gave him a lot of freedom to define what this position is for him. It's probably far, far lower pressure than the places he worked (or ran; I don't recall) further south, closer to Manhattan.

epinoid ordered chirashi last time we were there, and the bowl wasn't mostly daikon. 'Nuff said.