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"An eponymous kaiseki from chef Isao Yamada, opened in April, offers a 10-course menu priced at $295 that channels his focus on seasonality, balance, and harmony of taste, texture, and appearance, meant to nourish with humble grace. His pedigree runs deep — he co-opened Brushstroke with David Bouley in 2011, among New York City’s first kaiseki restaurants — and that reverence for tea-ceremony roots and refined restraint informs the experience." - Andrea Strong