Taku Sando

"From the team behind LIC’s Takumen, Taku Sando is a sandwich shop in Greenpoint that focuses on Japanese milk bread. Theirs is soft and pillowy, with a crust like a perfectly smushed donut. It’s dense, chewy, a little sweet, and a great textural contrast to all the crunch in the pork and chicken katsu sandwiches. They also make egg salad and korokke sandwiches, a few salads and paper-thin ribbon fries. There are a few tables inside, but if it’s nice out, eat on the back patio with a glass of natural wine, or take your sandwich to a bench in Transmitter Park. photo credit: Nick Bechtel photo credit: Nao Fukui photo credit: Will Hartman photo credit: Nick Bechtel Food Rundown photo credit: Nao Fukui Ton-Kotsu Sando This is the thing to get at Taku Sando. They use panko made from leftover loaves for a crisp, light breading, and the sandwiches are loaded with slivered cabbage for bite, pickles, sweet katsu sauce and a mayo-and-karashi mustard situation. It's a sando worth going out of your way for. Tamago Sando This is a creamy experience. Nice and sweet like you'd expect from Japanese egg salad, this wouldn't be out of place (we imagine) at a Tokyo 7-Eleven. We prefer the ton-kotsu, but if you need two sandwiches, get this one as well. Ribbon Fries Swirling like ribbons in a rhythmic gymnastics routine, these spiralized potatoes are a uniquely shaped spud, and the dashi furikake dusting adds a salty, umami dimension. But the shape means that certain parts of the potato get nice and crispy—almost chip-like—while others are left damp." - Will Hartman