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456 Hudson St. New York, NY 10014

212-414-2929

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Village Voice
Recommended
Best Variety Meat
Award Winner 2010

Cuisine(s): Japanese, Korean

Price: $$$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash
Features: Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Dinner

Alcohol: Beer, Wine
Reservations: Accepted, Required for Large Parties

Parking: No Parking

Description

This Japanese-Korean grill-it-yourself spot distinguishes itself with a focus on offal--or horumon, meaning something that's thrown away. "Yakitori-horumon" (basically, grilled variety meats) is a restaurant style invented by Korean immigrants to Japan shortly after World War II. Here, it's beef, beef, and nothing but beef. Try a few cold dishes--like sesame-seeded raw beef liver, or boiled Achilles? tendons in chile oil--before turning to your tabletop grill. Bits of wine-dark heart sputter and smoke beefily; sweetbreads turn firm but creamy over the fire. Add a plate of kimchi or crudités with spicy mayo to counteract all that cow.

2010 | Best Variety Meat

West Village newcomer Takashi is a yakitori-horumon, an offal-heavy restaurant style invented by Korean immigrants in Japan shortly after World War II. You can go as crazy as you want--slurp raw liver like Hannibal Lecter, or chew on strips of Achilles tendon. But perhaps the most enjoyable variety meat is the "Tongue Experience," which sounds like it could mean several different things. Actually, it's three parts of a cow's tongue--tender tip, tougher sinew, and good old regular... More »

Get a Shot of Collagen at Takashi

By Chantal Martineau | Mon, August 1, 2011

Haven't had your Botox this month? No worries: You can get a cupful of collagen soup now at Takashi in the West Village.A few weeks ago, the Japanese-Korean grill-it-yourself restaurant started servi... More »
Dish No. 43: 'The Tongue Experience' at Takashi

By Sarah DiGregorio | Thu, September 16, 2010

Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road's handy list of some of our favorite dishes -- old standbys and new finds alike -- compiled daily. Today's pick: "The tongue experience" ($22) at Ta... More »
Niku-Uni at Takashi in the West Village, NYC

By Robert Sietsema | Fri, July 9, 2010

Niku-uni at Takashi looks like a jaundiced tongue on a slice of beef. It might be the city's strangest snack: A finger of scintillatingly fresh sea urchin, seductive in its dark orangeness and tastin... More »
Takashi Lets You Grill Your Own Tongue

By Sarah DiGregorio | Tue, June 22, 2010

Hudson Street at dusk is a good place to watch people walk their dogs, but if you're eating in Takashi, the dogs might be looking back. One night, we sat at a window table in the all-beef restaurant, grilling sweetbreads and trying to avoid the in... More »
Takashi in the West Village: Horumon-Yaki, or Grilled Guts

By Sarah DiGregorio | Wed, June 2, 2010

Takashi, a new Japanese grill-it-yourself restaurant in the West Village, does offer fancy beef cuts like rib eye and short rib, but its focus is offal -- or horumon, meaning something that's thrown a... More »
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Bay_Runner | New York , NY | 26 Reviews

| Wed, March 7, 2012

Went to Takashi with my roommate and another friend with no expectations. It's open until midnight on Friday and Saturday which is awesome. Upon entering I noticed, most of the servers (and clientele) were not Japanese. This is usually a bit of a red flag for me, but I figured I'm in New York so probably not a reflection of the quality of food (it wasn't at all).
We were seated fairly promptly and the two other guys with me told me to order for everyone. Ah! the pressure! Now this is not a traditional Japanese menu for the most part. Smokey Beef Flavored Popcorn? check! Fioe Gras Stuffed Mini Kobe Burger with Chocolate BBQ Sauce? Yup! (me WTF???) But I like turning traditional on it's head when it works. I didn't go crazy this time being my maiden voyage, but seriously going back over the menu makes me want to go back and try more.

It was 11pm so I ordered fairly conservatively -

Stewed Beef Tendon Casserole - pretty damn good
Niku-Uni (Kobe tartar on shiso leaf topped with sea urchin and fresh wasabi) MORE PLEASE.
Then some standard yaki-niku:
Kalbi, Some "Toro Kalbi"?, Rosu (ribeye)

and 3 large Hitachino Beers to wash it all down with.

We thoroughly enjoyed all the dishes and the one guy who wasn't hungry to begin with ended up eating a full meal.

Definitely will be back to explore the menu more!

Main Menu

Bites

$6.00

Takashi's Peppery Edamame

$7.00

Spicy Japanese Cucumber

$6.00

Red Red Kimchi

$12.00

Testicargot
cow balls escargot style with garlic shiso butter

$12.00

Beef Schmaltz Crostini
with truffle oil

$15.00

Stewed Beef Tendon Casserole

$16.00

Mini Hotpot Soup Shabu Shabu

Raw

$14.00

Namagimo
ultra-fresh liver with sesame oil and roasted rock salt

$16.00

Yooke
thinly-sliced chuck eye tartare in special sauce

$14.00

Nama-senmai
third stomach with spicy miso sauce

$13.00

Mino-yubiki
flash-boiled first stomach with ponzu sauce

$12.00

Akiles-yubiki
flash-boiled shredded achilles tendon

$16.00

Niku-natto
minced chuck eye with organic fermented soybeans

$18.00

Gyutoro-temaki Sushi
chuck flap hand-rolled sushi

$24.00

Niku-uni
chuck flap topped with sea urchin and fresh wasabi

Grilled
Seasoned With Salt, Garlic And Sesame Oil, Marinated In Takashi's Sauce

$22.00

Kalbi
short rib

$24.00

Rosu
ribeye

$16.00

Nakaochi Kalbi
between-the-rib

$18.00

Harami
outside skirt

$16.00

Shio-tan
tongue

$20.00

Tan-saki, Tan-suji & Tan-moto
the tongue experience

$14.00

Mino
first stomach

$12.00

Akasen
fourth stomach

$12.00

Tetchan
large intestinesh

$12.00

Hatsu
heart

$12.00

Tsurami
cheek

$14.00

Shibire
sweetbreads

$10.00

Suji
tongue sinew

$10.00

Kimo
liver

$28.00

Horumon-moriawase
(chef’s selection)

$18.00

Beef Belly

$24.00

Premium Super Thick Tongue

$13.00

Hachinosu
second stomach

$13.00

Ox Tail

Specials

$28.00
Russian Beluga Vodka Shot Pairing $8.00

Calf's Brain Cream (in Tube)
with blinis & caviar

$18.00

House Bresaola (kobe Beef Prosciutto)
with hazelnut oil, anchovy, balsamic vinegar salad

$6.00

Smokey Beef Flavored Popcorn

$6.00

Bake-It-Yourself Oxtail and Potato Curry Pie
with cilantro cumin yogurt sauce

$13.00

Smoked Liver Pate
with yuzu

$20.00

Fioe Gras Stuffed Mini Kobe Burger
with chocolate bbq sauce

$16.00

Asian-Cajun Andouiette
100% kobe raw sausage stuffed in a large cow intestine

6oz $30.00

U.S. Kobe Marbled Chuck-flat Steak

Sides

$5.00

Scallion Vinaigrette

$10.00

Fresh Vegetables
includes special miso mayo

$8.00

Bakudan
rice-bomb with korean seaweed and pickled sesame leaf

$3.00

White Rice

Dessert
Why Choose? “i’ll Have It With The Works” $10.00

$5.00

Home-made Madagascar vanilla softserve ice cream

$2.00

Shiratama
rice-flour dumplings

$2.00

Kurogoma Kinako
black sesame and soybean flour

$2.00

Azuki
sweet beans

$2.00

Hoji, Green Tea, Salter Caramel Or Goji Berry Syrup

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Takashi

456 Hudson St. New York, NY 10014

212-414-2929

Description

2010 | Best Variety Meat

Get a Shot of Collagen at Takashi

By Chantal Martineau | Mon, August 1, 2011

Dish No. 43: 'The Tongue Experience' at Takashi

By Sarah DiGregorio | Thu, September 16, 2010

Niku-Uni at Takashi in the West Village, NYC

By Robert Sietsema | Fri, July 9, 2010

Takashi Lets You Grill Your Own Tongue

By Sarah DiGregorio | Tue, June 22, 2010

Takashi in the West Village: Horumon-Yaki, or Grilled Guts

By Sarah DiGregorio | Wed, June 2, 2010

Bay_Runner | New York , NY | 26 Reviews

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