Matsunichi
14-18 Elizabeth St # 32-33
New York, NY 10013
Matsunichi is a Sushi restaurant that just recently opened in the heart of Manhattan Chinatown on Elizabeth Street in the little ‘arcade’ hallway. It’s a restaurant that serves a la carte options as well as an all you can eat option. You can easily miss Matsunichi if you’re not looking for it specifically because the restaurant is located in a corridor. The best way to know if you’re on the right block of Matsunichi is if you see the famous Jing Fong Dim Sum restaurant near. From there you just have to walk a few steps until you see that corridor to walk into.
What I like about Matsunichi Sushi is the fact that the sushi they make here is very well made. What do I mean by this? Basically, the rice is always made correctly which is very important for sushi. You can’t have decent fish and then have badly made sushi rice, the combo just doesn’t mix very well when you eat sushi.
The second reason is given that this restaurant has an all you can eat option (which most places are known to put a lot of rice in their sushis to make you full faster), Matsunichi doesn’t do that and instead makes sushi with an appropriate proportionate rice to fish ratio.
spicy tuna roll, eel avocado roll
salmon sushi, white tuna sushi, tuna sushi, yellowtail sushi
spicy salmon handroll, special roll with tuna and avocado
yellowtail, tomago, white tuna, salmon and tuna.
So you walk into the restaurant and they ask if you’re interested in ordering à la carte or the all you can eat. ($15-$20 depending on the day and time you come) Depending on which one you want, they will either give you an ipad to order for the all you can eat or take your order down by hand for the à la carte. After you order, the waiter will take your ipad from you and print out your menu items for the kitchen staff to start preparing.
There is so much to choose from from the all you can eat menu! There are of course sushi options but they also offer onigiri rice balls, ramen, udon, fried foods, fried rice, dessert. Some items do cost more money ($2-$6) if you’re ordering from the all you can eat menu but trust me when I say that there is enough variety for you to go 2-3 rounds without getting bored of the selection. Here are some examples of foods that I thoroughly enjoyed at Matsunichi that weren’t sushi related.
avocado appetizer
takoyaki (octopus balls), shrimp tempura
pork katsu cutlet, (top) fried chicken, (bottom) takoyaki, korokke potato, coconut shrimp
eel fried rice ($5 extra)
I’ve been here about three times so far and every single time I am always excited to try new things. Yesterday I was just here and the waiter surprised me by letting me know if I swiped down on the ipad there were more options for food which I did not figure out until he told me, haha right? Given that Chinatown doesn’t have many all you can eat sushi options, I hope this place does stay because it’s such a gem in the neighborhood. The male owner is friendly and loves to hear feedback from his customers about the restaurant and the quality of food and so far they’re doing something right. The food is amazing!~
Hope this post was comprehensive and the pictures gave you enough inspiration to order some things yourself when you visit Matsunichi. As always,
Happy Eating! -Shannon Z
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