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Zenkichi Valentine’s Omakase with Bae
Zenkichi Valentine’s Day Menu
Valentine’s Week Omakase
8-Course Special Tasting Menu
$120



蛤のお味噌汁
Hamaguri Littleneck Clam Miso Soup

前菜五種
Assorted Chilled Plates:
熊本オイスター
Kumamoto Oyster
ズワイ蟹の酢の物 蟹味噌添え
Hokkaido Zuwai Snow Crab Sunomono
鮟肝の旨煮
Ankimo Uma-ni
本鮪のタルタル キャビアと共に
Bluefin Tuna Tartar & Caviar
寒鯖の箱寿司
Kansaba Winter Mackerel Hako-zushi

シェフお薦めのお造り三点盛り
Three Kinds of Chef’s Premium Sashimi
Kanpachi Amberjack, Kagoshima, Japan
Kinmedai Bigeye Snapper, Shizuoka, Japan
Lightly Seared King Salmon, Alaska

雲丹と海苔の大葉包み天麩羅
Uni & Nori Seaweed Tempura

銀鱈西京焼
Saikyo Miso Cod

神戸牛フィレミニョンステーキ
黒トリュフ添え
Kobe Beef Filet Mignon Steak & Truffle

ハドソンバレーフォアグラ丼
Hudson Valley Foie Gras Donburi

黒ゴマのフローズンチョコレートムース
Frozen Black Sesame Mousse
Squad Goals Achieved Nomo Soho


Marikorico Cocktial $16
Rooibos Tea Infused Plantation 3* Rum, Orgeat Syrup Velvet Falernum, Lime, Pineapple, Tiki Bitters
Brunch’n with Bae at the Smile NYC
Early 20th Century Japanese textiles made into Decor
Finally, a trip to a neighborhood showroom Sri, with the intent to purchase some Japanese Textiles that were both Indigo Dyed and Boro.
“Boro” means “tattered” in Japanese and describes textiles that have been clearly used, broken/damaged, and stitched back together with contracting fabrics.



I was fortunate enough to purchase two pieces from Sri, each hand loomed and indigo dyed and created in the early 20th century. The longer, Boro piece would have been used for bedding and has a chrysanthemum print. The square piece would have been used for bundling and has the Oda melon flower at the corner. It was created using the technique called katazome (stencil paste dye).
Sri Founder, Stephen Szczepanek.
The Book Boy
Inside the bookstore, the air feels a little warmer than the street, as if the shelves have been holding onto everyone’s winter all day. Paperbacks rise in uneven towers on the tables, their corners softened by hands that linger. The floor looks like it has seen thousands of careful steps—scuffed, honest, and still welcoming.
The Book Boy stands there in a cap and scarf, turned slightly inward the way people do when they’re trying to hear what a cover is whispering. He doesn’t look rushed. He looks paused, as if the rest of the city can keep moving for a minute while he weighs one story against another.
This is the kind of place that lives alongside you. It creaks in small ways—spines flexing, jackets sliding, a quiet shuffle in the aisle. The stacks don’t feel messy so much as lived-in, like the shop is letting time settle where it wants.
Outside, it might be snowing or it might only feel like it should be. Either way, the scene holds that same soft hush: the familiar comfort of browsing, the small mystery of what you’ll carry home, and the sense that the ordinary is never quite ordinary when it’s wrapped in pages.
Boyfriends be Blizzard
The snow turns ordinary errands into something cinematic. A sidewalk becomes a small stage; the wind edits the scene for you, softening the edges, erasing the sharpness of the day. In the middle of it all, two boyfriends lean together for a quick selfie—cheeks cold, jackets zipped, the kind of closeness that feels practical and tender at the same time.
“Boyfriends be Blizzard” sounds like a joke you say to keep your teeth from chattering. But there’s truth in it, too. When weather arrives with teeth, you find out what you keep and what you let go. You keep moving. You keep laughing. You keep someone close enough to share warmth, even if it’s only for the length of a photo.
The street behind them is blurred with snow and motion—parked cars collecting white, a fence beaded with slush, the day reduced to a few muted colors. A paper bag swings from one hand like proof that life continues: coffee, groceries, something simple carried home. The storm doesn’t stop the routine; it just asks you to do it slower, shoulder to shoulder.
In weather like this, the world feels smaller and quieter, as if everything beyond the falling snow is far away. And in that narrowed space, affection is louder. A kiss on the cheek, a grin caught mid-flurry, a shared pause before stepping back into the cold.