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Zenkichi – Williamsburg

$25 for $50 Worth of Upscale Japanese Cuisine

$25
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Wed Oct 24 03:59:59 UTC 2012
Value
$50
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  • Foodie
  • Date Night

In a Nutshell

Japanese small plates featuring homemade creamy tofu and simmered Berkshire pork belly pair with more than 50 varieties of pure-rice sake

The Fine Print

  • Expires Dec 23, 2012
  • Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per table. Reservation required, subject to availability. Dine-in only. Not valid with any other offers. Not valid towards specials. Not valid on holidays.
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Eating at home means having to deal with a call from your nosy neighbor telling you to eat vegetables with your stick of butter. Avoid Mrs. Tibbleworth and her binoculars with this Groupon.

$25 for $50 Worth of Japanese Cuisine

The à la carte small-plates menu includes cold fresh tofu ($7.95), duck paired with baby greens and egg ($16.95), simmered Berkshire pork belly ($10.95), and grilled saikyo black cod ($17.95). The chef’s tasting menu, omakase, treats diners to eight seasonal dishes such as black cod in Kyoto miso marinade and grapefruit agar gelee ($65/person, two diner minimum).

Zenkichi

For most Americans, Japanese food simply means sushi. Zenkichi defies this narrow definition by eschewing sushi altogether and serving contemporary, Tokyo-style small plates inspired by the homesick restaurant owner’s native city. The elaborate dishes, which feature lavish ingredients such as homemade creamy tofu, simmered Berkshire pork belly, and grilled saikyo black cod, have turned the restaurant into a New York magazine Critics' Pick and earned impressive Zagat ratings. Cooks prepare an à la carte menu that changes every three months, as well as omakase—the chef’s tasting menu—that changes every six weeks to eight weeks to incorporate the season’s freshest vegetables and seafood. Raw jewels of the day with super-fresh sashimi or a sweet duck salad with baby greens pair with more than 50 varieties of Zenkichi’s pure, all-natural rice sake.

To actually get into the restaurant, guests must seek out an unmarked, nearly invisible door in a massive, wood-paneled building. Inside, lantern-lit corridors forested with bamboo and lined with flagstone pathways lead to booths with adjustable shades that can unroll to conceal diners as they gaze at each other romantically or prove that they do in fact have two belly buttons. A buzzer summons the waiter whenever guests want more sake or innovative desserts such as a grapefruit agar gelee made with Japanese seaweed or a frozen, chocolate-based black-sesame mousse.

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Zenkichi

4.41 out of 5
705 Reviews

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    Williamsburg

    77 N 6th St.
    Brooklyn, New York 11211
    (718) 388-8985
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Reviews

  • A fascinating experience in a completely unique setting with absolutely wonderful food. Very Zen indeed.
    pageraci, 5/1/12
  • Cozy private spaces, attentive service, authentic yet creative cuisine. A fabulous, flawless meal
    Ruth Greenfield, 11/5/11
  • nymag.com