Ippuku

• Cuisine(s): Japanese, Noodle Shop
  Hours: Mon-Sat 5pm-11pm
  Price: $$$
  Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash
• Attire: Casual
  Features: Vegetarian Friendly
  Serving: Dinner, Snack Food
  Alcohol: Full bar
• Reservations: Recommended
  Parking: No Parking

Description

Christian Geideman, chef-owner of this yakitori restaurant and shochu bar, uses every molecule he can of the free-range chickens delivered to his restaurant every day. He segments the birds into their various, delicious parts and threads the meat onto skewers. The neck is particularly succulent; so are the hearts, thighs, and oyster muscles. Then he turns the rest into dishes like turnips braised with ground chicken, an exquisite chicken tartare, and ramen floating in a deep-hearted broth. What Geideman makes of the chicken - a bird bred and subdued into ignoble blandness, unloved by chefs, worthy only of nuggetization and neglect - may cause you to rethink the tuna of the land.