this is the way to eat in style

last night we grabbed our passports and headed to williamsburg (brooklyn, that is) for dinner with our favorite newly engaged friends, fil and manu (yay, congrats!!!!).   our destination was zenkichi, a japanese place on 6th street. the theme of the place must have been hidden treasure because not only was there no sign (all four of us walked past it without realizing) but the interior is laid out like a maze of secluded booths, each one tucked behind a curtain. privacy is apparently quite important so inside the booth we found a button you can use to call a waiter. i had to use all of my control not to push that thing all night.

after settling in, manu and i decided to order the omakase menu (8 courses chosen by the chef) and fil and seth picked out a number of a la carte dishes.  then we completely ignored who ordered what and tasted everything on the table (my favorite way to eat).   among other things, we ate jelly fish (first time for me, i found the texture a little odd but the flavor quite mild), delicious monk fish livers, excellent yellow tail sashimi, an interesting sea food chowder served in a large shell and topped with uni and bechamel sauce, tasty little lamb chops and homemade chocolate truffles filled with whiskey.   seth and manu each ordered a sake tasting and fil and i stuck with beer (who saw that coming?).   apparently sapporo is my new favorite beer (prompting me to order more than one and seth to ask me to renew our vows).    all in all, dinner was great and as manu so eloquently put it, i probably wouldn't run back but i would definitely recommend that others try it.