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This is what your sushi order says about you. Keep in mind that these descriptions are spot on and there is no room for exceptions whatsoever.

We’ve broken down the city’s thriving Japanese food scene into five distinct tiers of sushi, hoping to clearly separate its many, many choices.

While covering new restaurant openings and gallivanting around New York City, we picked up on the following restaurant trends this summer.

Here are eight ideas — restaurants, dishes, drinks and more — to explore in the Big Apple to welcome in spring. Yes, we promise it's sprung. Or will soon.

It was a surprise to notice the exclusion of all Japanese restaurants from the New York Times’ annual “Top New York Restaurants of 2016." Isn't omakase in?

More than any other type of cuisine, sushi can be an especially subjective meal. A wide range of fish — much of which is prepared raw and some of which is largely foreign to the American palate — ensures that dinner at a sushi restaurant is often a novel experience no matter how adventurous the diner.…

It’s easy to be overwhelmed when planning a dinner out in New York City. And even if you’re able to eventually narrow down your preferred choice to “Japanese,” there are still myriad options to consider. Should you take advantage of some of the country’s best sushi restaurants? Dive into the ongoing ramen craze? Or perhaps explore something…

As Food Republic’s resident Japanese-food expert, I’ve come across many of the country’s traditional culinary ingredients, from the mundane to the hard-to-find. Regardless of items' rarity or presentation, I try to approach each new experience with an open mind. And I’ve greatly enjoyed every new flavor I've come across except for one. Firefly squid (hotaru-ika) is…

Sushi Zo is currently one of New York City’s hottest restaurants, regularly filling its 18-seat space months in advance.The minuscule sushi bar is omakase-only, meaning that the sole option is to trust head chef Masashi Ito and his rotating selections of fresh fish. With the exception of one or two cuts from the U.S., all of chef…

New York City is home to many of the country’s most expensive restaurants. Big-name chefs like Daniel Boulud, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Thomas Keller operate fine-dining establishments with extravagant tasting menus that make use of the highest-quality ingredients. But in recent months, it’s not these types of restaurants that have had diners clamoring for reservations far…

Chef Joshua Skenes's acclaimed San Francisco restaurant Saison, the recipient of three coveted Michelin stars, is perhaps best known as having the most expensive tasting menu in the United States. But for nearly five months this year, tucked away in a back room, Skenes's restaurant offered a very different experience from its usual fare. For…

It's easy to be overwhelmed when planning a dinner out in New York City. And even if you're able to eventually narrow down your preferred choice to "Japanese," there are still myriad options to consider. Should you take advantage of some of the country's best sushi restaurants? Dive into the ongoing ramen craze? Or perhaps explore something…