New York Tempura Experience 🌟

📍Secchu Yokota The Chinese name is quite interesting—a blend of East and West. To put it bluntly, it’s a fusion of Japanese and Western styles. 🌊 Over the years, I’ve visited this place more than ten times and have become familiar with the elderly couple who run the restaurant (they’ve never paid me for advertising, by the way). 👨‍🍳There are only six seats in total, with just one chef (the owner) and one waiter. Sometimes there’s also a front desk attendant (the owner’s wife). The atmosphere here is so special that it could almost be considered a meal in itself. 🤍This was the first omakase restaurant my partner and I visited when we first started dating. There’s another great tempura omakase place in New York, but this one focuses on being cozy. When my southern partner’s parents visited, the four of us almost had the place to ourselves. 🌸All the dishes—more than ten in total—are prepared by the chef alone, making it perfect for those who love watching cooking performances. 🍃Before the tempura begins, there are 5️⃣ small appetizers, each exquisitely crafted and telling a story of the season. #NewYork 🌇