Suki Desu's kaisendon is a perfect little luxury, starting at $20 - Review - New York - The Infatuation

"If you live on the Upper East Side, Suki Desu is the ultimate backup choice when there’s no way you’re cooking. The small, black box of a restaurant (located below ground level) serves luxurious kaisendon. Each bowl ranges from $20 to $28, and gets loaded with a reef’s worth of diced salmon, tuna, squid, crab, shrimp, and scallops. In case that's not enough, you can always beef up your meal: five more dollars gets you hamachi sashimi in a light sesame sauce on the side, and three dollars adds a heap of ikura and uni. As good as the kaisendon may be, the bowl we find ourselves coming back for is Suki Desu's stellar unadon. No matter which direction you choose, though, count on fish and rice that go down light and easy. It's a perfect place for a 30-minute dinner (or lunch) after a walk through the neighborhood that definitely didn’t include a trip to the grocery store. Food Rundown Kaisendon Suki Desu's seafood variety is the biggest selling point of their bowls—especially the inclusion of crab. (Though it’s a nice touch that the rainbow of colors mounded on top of the bowl makes it look like a shaved ice dessert.) After you finish about two thirds of this, the server will pour in dashi, as is traditional. It’s not the most flavorful broth we’ve had at this style of restaurant—that crown goes to The Residence Of Mr. Moto—but it is a nice and warming way to end your meal. Unadon Draped like a Dalí clock, the grilled eel on top of this bowl is our favorite thing about Suki Desu. It’s smoky and slick, with a nice, sweet-savory punch. Plus, each unadon comes with crunchy pickled vegetable and ribbons of egg that eat like noodles. photo credit: Will Hartman" - Will Hartman