NV sushi
house
endures

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mi rooms, with separation
from adjoining tables.

A new Manyo menu is
physically smaller than previ-
ous versions, but selection
offered remains little
changed.

Prices on some items
have actually dropped
(Assorted Sashimi that was
$13.50 is now $12.95).

Diners can choose from
such menu headings as:

Donburi — subtitled
“Several layers on big bow!
of rice” — ($6.50 for such
dons as pork cutlet, beef
cooked with vegetables and
“chicken; tastily cooked with
vegetable”);

Tempura ($4 to $9,
Prawn; Vegetable; Assorted:
Tuna and Salmon);

Teppan (Grilled Japanese
specialties for red meat fans,
$9 to $13, for New York
Cur; Sliced Beef; and Beef
Short Ribs Teriyaki);

Hot Pot and Noodles ($6
to $10 for such big bow!
items as Sukiyaki and a host
of Udons and Yakisobas).

As would be expected,
sushi and sashimi abound —
from Maki to Temaki and
Assorted Sashimi to
Cuttlefish Irozukuri.

Price range goes from
just over SI for single pieces
on up to $16.50 for Manyo’s
special Sashimi dinner.

There are also Japanese
box and boat special dinners
that offer diners interesting
combinations of all of the
above, aboard a single plate;
and dinner specials that
include appetizer, soup,
sunomono salad, tempura,
rice and a serving of fresh
fruit for dessert along with
the main dinner item.

They make for good din-
ing deals.

The new Manye aiso
offers an All You Can Eat
Dinner Special Manye Buffet

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NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

SHOWCASING SASHIMI ... Manyo-Sushi chef Richard Yamamoto presents a
selection of the restaurant's sashimi.

($17.95 per person; $10.95
for children under 1°; chil-
dren under three are ‘Tee)}
that appears to run every day
from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m

ft boasts over 30 items,
including various sushi and
sashimi, Oyster Motoyaki
(baked oysters), Tonkatsu
(deep fried pork), yakisoba
(pan fried noodles), gyoza
(Japanese dumplings), and
assorted teriyaki.

But it is not a moveable
feast, diners.

A buffet warning advises
professional All You Can
Eatists “We recommend that
you do not over-order tor
leftover take-out is not per-
mitted.”

Though it is doubeless
designed to short-circuit the
unscrupulous minority seck-
ing to stretch the All You
Can Ear offer over the rest
of the week, the warning
also communicated a subtle
distrust of reputable patrons.

Cast effective perhaps,
but not very neighborly.

Other original Manyo
touches that have sadiy gone
missing in its new incarna-
ton:

The demure geisha girl
waitresses attired in tradi-
tional Japanese garb. Ona
recent Friday night service
was provided by a pair of

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male waiters, one attired ina
baseball hat.

Traditional Japanese
music. OK, this is a quibble.
Many diners might not like
the stuff anvway, but it adds
a note or nwo of authenticity
to the proceedings. In its

place we gor another dose of

lamentable late 20th century
pop and rock radio as an
aural backdrop to our sushi
and an overhead TV tuned
to the Golf Channel.

Fos unately, Manyvo’s food
remams good quality.

Tac sampled Sashimi
Dinner kicked off with plates
of Japanese appetizers
(gyvoza -— small dumplings
stulfed with pan-fried pork
and vegetables — and a
block of deep fried tofu) and
tempura (eggplant, carrot
and prawn) and continued
through sunomono (a so-so
rendition of the traditional
Japanese noodle salad) and
Asari Miso soup (fresh clams

a Hot Bean Paste:

added to the basic burt
always stimulating Japanese
consomme) before arriving
at the main dish.

The sashimi itself arrived
on a small plate with mini-
mal shredded white radish
decoration. It included tuna,
geoduck, salmon, octopus,
snapper and a central por-
tion of bright orange flying
fish roe.

Wasabi (Japan's sinus-
clearing green horse radish)
was on the plate, but missing
was the traditional slices of
deep pink pickled Japanese
ginger root.

Slices of fresh orange and
a wedge of honeydew melon
rounded out the dinner.

Overall it was a good and
varied meal Service was very
fast, but void of character.

Manyo remains. But its
new landlords have a dis-
tance to go in filling it with
the warm spirit of the origi-
nal.

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