An underappreciated form of lunch is the lunch date. An even more underappreciated form is the lunch date where you can dine on forbidden food like an ancient emperor.
Enter: Sushi & Co. (67 Nassau Street), an ideal haunt to scarf down some big boxes of sushi at an inconspicuous summer lunch for two. What’s more, Sushi & Co. is also home to black sushi, a premium sushi made from natural black rice — a rice once considered forbidden because it was only served to the emperor for its nutritional content.
The menu features make-your-own-sushi boxes, udon noodles, bento boxes and much more. It offers healthier options than other spots, using an air fryer for its dumplings and tempura.
Other highlights include a vegetarian roll with natural black rice; an omakase nigiri box with tuna, salmon, shrimp, edamame and yellowtail; a salmon avocado sashimi roll and a specialty roll with soft shell crab tempura topped with avocado. See the whole menu here, and read more about the restaurant here.
