Two Lesbians Eat NYC

252 Broome St, Manhattan

One of our best friends, Rob, recommended that we try this sushi place a long time ago. We never found time to get around to it but Sunday night, I suggested we go to “Sushi Happy Hour” where they don’t card. It was one of the best food-related decisions I’ve made.

“Sushi Happy Hour” at Jin is from 4PM to 7PM every day. There’s a special menu where everything is $3. The menu includes about seven basic rolls, a fairly big selection of alcoholic drinks and some salads.

Rob highly recommended the plum wine. Lauren was more adventurous and ordered a glass. After hers arrived and I tried it, I simply had to order one too. Lauren’s favorite appetizer, Gyoza, was on the half-price menu so of course we ordered that too.

I particularly liked the spicy crunchy crab roll. We also ordered the Oshinko roll, which was a Japanese pickle roll. Pretty interesting stuff. The classic California roll and salmon avocado roll was ordered on our shared platter too. 

It was a fun night. A full sushi dinner cost us $30 with tax and tip. That included two glasses of wine, two appetizers and four rolls. We’re pretty much putting this one down as one of our favorites.

-Sam

6501 Kissena Blvd, Flushing

For the first entry of this blog, I guess I’ll start with the most frequent restaurant I visit. It’s that quintessential “pizza place down the block” Gino’s, in Flushing Queens. It’s across the street from Queens College and just a few blocks from my apartment. Of course they deliver and of course the slices are overpriced, but what else would you expect?

There’s surprisingly always seating considering its proximity to the school. Even at peak lunch hours I never have trouble finding a table big enough for four.

If you happen to have difficulty choosing between the 20 or so pizzas they sell by the slice, I’d recommend the chicken bacon cheddar ranch. It’s a mouthful, and at $4 a slice, totally worth it. I just shoved two of them in me as I ran to catch the railroad tonight.

-Sam