Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill

Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill (308 W 58th St., NYC) - 7/19/09

We love Sundays... a day of rest and fun with the family. On this particular day, we decided to spend the morning at Victoria Gardens (Wollman Rink, Central Park), a nice little summertime amusement park setup for little kids. Coincidentally, the park is walking distance from one of our favorite spots ... Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill:) I'm sure many of you know and love the Blue Ribbon restaurants downtown on Thompson Street and elsewhere. Well this one - in the lobby of 6 Columbus Hotel, across from the Time Warner Center - has now become our favorite location. So after a wonderful morning of rides and games, we strolled over to our chosen eatery for some good food. We were starving. And Blue Ribbon did not disappoint. Mom and dad were thirsty, and there's nothing like a cold bottle of Asahi beer to cool you down and whet your appetite. Yes. With that taken care of, we ordered up some deliciousness. We started with the Kani Sunomono (blue crab wrapped in cucumber with vinegar sauce) and Kanpachi Usuzukuri (amberjack with yuzu peper) - both excellent. We then moved on to the Sushi Deluxe with some additional pieces of our favorites - mirugai, ikura, unagi, and uni. So fresh. So tasty. And then came our favorite... Fried Chicken "Blue Ribbon Style" with a wasabi & honey dipping sauce. Man,... that was good. You have to taste this fried chicken! After pigging out, we strolled over to visit the Pinkberry on the same block. It was a beautiful Sunday.