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Hello all!

Hope the weekend treated everyone well! Today, I’d like to feature a great sushi joint that I checked out recently while hanging out in NYC for the weekend. So, to preface this feature, I just want to put it out there: I hate Sex and the City…in fact, I hated it so much that anything and everything done in the show pretty much deserved no respect from my part. That is, of course, before I went into Sushi Samba (which is a place where Sarah Jessica Parker and her annoying female cohorts go and talk about worthless things or complain about how much money they have to spend).

Well, in any case, I thought I’d hate Sushi Samba because for the most part, I thought that anything featured on a show I hate was by nature also deserving of my hate. But when I walked in and saw a couple of Japanese and Latin guys jamming out on a drum set, guitars, and a saxaphone, I knew that things would be okay. Add onto that the cool interior design and the great service, and I realized that I really liked the place.

Sushi Samba is a Japanese-Latin fusion which features creative dishes that combine the cuisines from both cultures. My girlfriend and I tried out the Tuna ceviche which tasted pretty delicious and followed that up with a couple of sushi rolls (each of which cost about 12 dollars).

It’s a little pricey, but for the great food and service it was well worth it. At night, the scene gets a little more hip, I hear. But I’m glad we went at lunch because the night scene would probably just include a lot more patrons who are Sarah Jessica Parker wannabes who would annoy me thoroughly.

Anyways, I suggest that you try out the Gramercy location if you like low-key dining, but of course, if you want the more trendy scene (here, read annoing), then check out the West Village location:

Sushi Samba

245 Park Ave S
New York, NY 10003

Get Directions(212) 475-9377

Happy eating yall!

- Ray

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