Eating at Hiroshi is almost a spiritual experience. Entering the pristine dining room, accented with only the most serene of decorative touches—a tall vase of white orchids at one end, a glittery school of metallic silver fish above the sushi bar—you feel yourself slow down a bit, wipe your harried brow, sink into a soft buttery suede banquette, and sip some green tea reflectively while you ponder the menu. The sushi is divinely fresh, and the lunchtime bento special is a veritable jewelbox of edible treasures—spicy tuna roll, a delicate but perfectly seasoned cucumber and shrimp salad, two gyoza dumplings and utterly delicious chicken teriyaki, salmon, pork cutlet, or fried shrimp, plus the most exquisite little panna cotta with berries you’ve ever seen. For a real (and real expensive) treat, sit at the sushi bar and give Chef Hiro carte blanche to slice his way into your raw fish-loving heart–he won’t disappoint.
