A Sauce Worth Slaving Over

[elleng]

Bittman

A couple of years ago, a friend told me that a vegan Japanese restaurant called Kajitsu was doing “the best food in the city.” I ignored him. (Typical: I ignored him when he told me about Noma, and I at first ignored friends who told me about Momofuku, El Bulli and, in 1987, the young chefs Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Thomas Keller. So much for the vision thing.) After this friend called me stupid once or twice, I made it over to the place, which is in the East Village, just down the block from the Good Beer Store. The word “best” should not be thrown around, but I will say that Kajitsu is distinctive, astonishing and wonderful.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/magazine/eat-vegetable-tempura-sauce.html?hp

[HopeHoops]

1. Nothing beats a simple peanut oil mushroom, and whatever else is in the fridge sauce.