THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Hachi

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Hachi Restaurant Review:

From the "Jellyfish Eyes" installment from pop artist Takashi Murakami to the fixture known as "Flying Dragon," featuring more than 2,500 handcrafted glass cherry blossoms suspended from the ceiling, Hachi's dining room is one of the most aesthetically pleasing settings to enjoy modern Japanese cuisine. As a veteran of Nobu in New York and London, chef Linda Rodriguez is the first woman to have studied under legendary modern Japanese pioneer Nobu Matsuhisa. At Hachi, she and her husband, chef de cuisine Martin Swift, expand on their education from Nobu by incorporating their own cultural influences into the menu. Sushi and sashimi are nicely crafted, as are creative rolls such as the pink elephant roll --- shrimp tempura, spicy crab and sweet mustard; and the xfactor roll of yellowtail, watermelon, salmon, tuna, shiso and cucumber. Specialty dishes are executed with care, as in the delicate seared Kobe beef sashimi and Wagyu beef gyozas with kabocha purée. If any of the 130 bottles of saké from the 21-foot-tall saké tower pique your interest, the resident expert is on hand to help you pair it properly.