From a Sushi Restaurant, a Stealth Burger

Published on Monday, November 10, 2008, by Mark Hokoda / Edit Post

Upper East Siders count Gajyumaru among their best options for sushi. But no one had told us about the burger. Deenso spills the secret about her favorite dish here, a delicious grilled beef patty, served only at lunchtime, that gets a lift from a tart, ponzulike sauce. This is not a hamburger, as Americans think of it, but a hambagu, the bunless Japanese version.

More traditional Japanese food—cooked dishes as well as sushi—remains excellent and reasonably priced, MMRuth reports. She singles out amazingly rich gindara kasuzuke—sable marinated in miso and sake lees, then broiled. “Much as I like Tokubei 86,” she adds, citing another neighborhood favorite, “I think I like this place better.”

Gajyumaru [Upper East Side]
1659 First Avenue (between E. 86th and 87th streets), Manhattan
212-860-8857

Board Link: Gajyumaru Report

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  • Most carnivores/omnivores here in the USA have probably had a "Hanbagu", we just call it by different names, usually "Salisbury Steak" or "Hamburger Steak." It's almost always far more than just a "grilled beef patty", it is more like an individual "meat loaf" that contains chopped veggies (usually mainly onion and ginger) and Panko. While Gajyumaru may use a "a tart, ponzulike sauce",...+READ

    Most carnivores/omnivores here in the USA have probably had a "Hanbagu", we just call it by different names, usually "Salisbury Steak" or "Hamburger Steak." It's almost always far more than just a "grilled beef patty", it is more like an individual "meat loaf" that contains chopped veggies (usually mainly onion and ginger) and Panko. While Gajyumaru may use a "a tart, ponzulike sauce", "demi-glace" or "fond de veau" sauces are also very common in Japan.-COLLAPSE