Zagat: 9 Crazy-Expensive Tasting Menus: Are They Worth It?

At this ultraluxe Japanese restaurant in the Time Warner Center, the chef's concept for the menu comes from two elements, shibui and umami. The first means something that has no frills, while the second part refers to that tough-to-describe "fifth taste" found in foods like mushrooms or seaweed.

Diners get five simple appetizers, a sushi course that includes 15 to 20 types of fresh seafood flown in from Japan and, finally, dessert. The restaurant keeps track of what you're served, so each time you come it's a different experience. But you can expect to go beyond the usual yellowtail and tuna -- a regular star on this menu is kegani, a hairy crab found in Japan. The restaurant can "make a life-time impression" according to surveyors. So can buying airplane tickets to Europe.

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