NINJA!! (the restaurant)

[LordJezo]

<p>Just got back from <a href="http://www.ninjanewyork.com/" target="_self">Ninja</a> in New York.&nbsp; The place was great, has anyone else eaten there?&nbsp; </p><p>From the moment you walk in the elevator door to be transported down to the Ninja village you are in a whole different world.&nbsp; We forgot for a while that we were in downtown New York.&nbsp; Each party has their own private booth / house / room thing instead of sitting in a large common room like you would find in your typical food eatery.&nbsp; From your table you really don't see much of anything as the corridors are long and narrow but ninjas are constantly running past and showing up in the shadows. The food is a fusion of Japanese, Chinese, and maybe a hint of American.&nbsp; The sushi was top notch and the wasabi was amazing.&nbsp; Oh, the wasabi.&nbsp; Instead of the horseradish mustard mixture that just about every single Asian restaurant in the world uses, Ninja uses real Wasabi root and grounds it up right at your table on a traditional sharkskin platter thing.&nbsp; I thought that was quite impressive.&nbsp; One dish was soup cooked at your table by an 800 degree rock and another was a grapefruit with a sword through it.<br /><br /><br />Expensive, about $100 a person, but worth it.&nbsp; Don't listen to the snobby reviews that complain that the place is an over priced theme waste of time.&nbsp; It's a lot of fun for anyone looking for some original food in a great setting.<br /></p>

[Sheeplovr]

<p>in a couple hundred years will we have suicid bomber cafe?</p><p>a ninja is an assain they kill people </p><p>not a theme resurtant&nbsp;</p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>I just got bad jeckyll and hyde flashbacks... ugh</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[suggums]

<p> </p><strong>Sheeplovr</strong> wrote:<br /><p>in a couple hundred years will we have suicid bomber cafe?</p><br /><p> </p><p> </p><p>you never went to Windows on the World?</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>...too soon? </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by suggums on 7-9-06 @ 1:03 AM</span>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><strong>suggums</strong> wrote:<br /><p> </p><strong>Sheeplovr</strong> wrote:<br /><p>in a couple hundred years will we have suicid bomber cafe?</p><br /><p> </p><p> </p><p>you never went to Windows on the World?</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>...too soon? </p>

<span class="post_edited"><br /></span><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think that's the first time that someone got top of the pyramid AND a car crash at the same time. <br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[furie]

<strong>Sheeplovr</strong> wrote:<br><p>in a couple hundred years will we have suicid bomber cafe?</p><p>a ninja is an assain they kill people </p><p>not a theme resurtant </p><p></p>

oh get over yourself

[mikeyboy]

Meh.&nbsp; The food may be good, but it sounds way too gimmicky for my tastes.&nbsp; Besides, I get my ninja fix from <a href="http://www.askaninja.com/" target="_self">Ask a Ninja</a>.

[EliSnow]

<strong>LordJezo</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The food is a fusion of Japanese, Chinese, and maybe a hint of American.&nbsp; </p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">So if one were to compare the restaurant to ninja movies, would it be more:</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">Enter The Ninja:</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f373/EliSnow/untitled.jpg" border="0" /></font></p><font face="Arial" size="3" /><font face="Arial" size="3"><p><font face="Arial" size="3">or</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">A</font><font face="Arial" size="3">merican Ninja:</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3"><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f373/EliSnow/american_ninja.jpg" border="0" /></font></p></font>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by EliSnow on 7-9-06 @ 12:26 PM</span>

[scorpion]

<p><font size="2">Do you think that maybe it was this kind of Ninja movie?</font></p><p> </p><p><img width="150" height="219" border="0" src="http://www.wrestlingmall.com/features/images/chris_farley_ninja.jpg" alt="White Ninja" title="White Ninja" /> </p>



<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by scorpion on 7-9-06 @ 12:45 PM</span>

[TooCute]

<strong>LordJezo</strong> wrote:Oh, the wasabi.ÿ Instead of the
horseradish mustard mixture that just about every single Asian restaurant
in the world uses, Ninja uses real Wasabi root and grounds it up right at
your table on a traditional sharkskin platter thing.ÿ I think you need
to get out more. If you want wasabi, you might want to try a Japanese
restaurant rather than an "asian" one...

[Marc with a c]

<strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I just got bad jeckyll and hyde flashbacks... ugh</p><p>yikes, that place was miserable.&nbsp; Ninja can't be much better.</p>

[TooCute]

Looking at the menu it also looks like straight up Japanese fusion, ie,
Japanese with some french influence... I don't think I see the "chinese" and
"american" in it... which is good, because it would be silly to pay $100 a
person for a japanese themes restaurant which served chinese food. It may
have been fun and it may be good for the generic american palate, but if it's
going to cost over $100 a person, I think I'd prefer a review from someone
who knows their food a little better. On the other hand, I hear that the
Ninja restaurant in Japan is very popular... but you know how the Japanese
like their kitsch...

[Don Stugots]

<strong>evedder</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I just got bad jeckyll and hyde flashbacks... ugh</p><p>yikes, that place was miserable.&nbsp; Ninja can't be much better.</p><p>nothing is as bad as Mars 2112</p>

[Judge Smails]

<strong>LordJezo</strong> wrote:<br /><p>From your table you really don't see much of anything as the corridors are long and narrow but ninjas are constantly running past and showing up in the shadows. </p><p>Kind of like <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=syv1rYz5aTQ&search=cheese%20ninja" target="_self">The Cheese Ninja</a>?</p>

[LordJezo]

<p> </p><strong>TooCute</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>LordJezo</strong> wrote:Oh, the wasabi. Instead of the
horseradish mustard mixture that just about every single Asian restaurant
in the world uses, Ninja uses real Wasabi root and grounds it up right at
your table on a traditional sharkskin platter thing. I think you need
to get out more. If you want wasabi, you might want to try a Japanese
restaurant rather than an &quot;asian&quot; one...<p> </p><p> </p><p>How many Japanese restaurants have you been to that serve real fresh ground wasabi and not a horseradish mustard hybrid? Normally you get Japanese horseradish sauce, not actual wasabi which is pretty rare. I've been to many Japanese places and now that I have tasted the real thing I doubt I have ever had it before.</p><p> </p><strong>evedder</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I just got bad jeckyll and hyde flashbacks... ugh</p><p>yikes, that place was miserable. Ninja can't be much better.</p><p> </p><p> Naa, Ninja was actually impressive. They are really proud of their food and put a lot of effort into it. It's not like it's just a theme with nothing else going for it. The theme just adds to it all. The food was pretty high end. I just got a call from a co-worker who went to try it for himself, he's a total food snob and he said the sushi there was great and the sake menu was one of the most impressive he's ever seen. If you are a fan of food people should really give this place a shot. It's fun and not jus a worthless theme place.<br /></p><p> </p>



<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by LordJezo on 7-9-06 @ 7:56 PM</span>

[CuzBum]

<strong>Sheeplovr</strong> wrote:<br /><p>in a couple hundred years will we have suicid bomber cafe?</p><p>a ninja is an assain they kill people </p><p>not a theme resurtant&nbsp;</p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p>Originally, Ninja were said to be agents of&nbsp;espionage and assassination in feudal Japan in legend and popular fiction. Revered by some as the world's first special forces, some modern practitioners of budo ninjutsu argue that ninja were used primarily as spies, not assassins, and this appears to be borne out by some historical records.</p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>If someone else was paying I'd try it. </p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<a href="http://www.realultimatepower.net/" target="_blank">Also, here's some more REAL info on Ninjas.</a>

[kdubya]

<strong>Death Metal Moe</strong> wrote:<br /><a href="http://www.realultimatepower.net/" target="_blank">Also, here's some more REAL info on Ninjas.</a> <p>To learn more, check out the following</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080652569X/sr=8-1/qid=1152489128/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5515976-4159360?ie=UTF8">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080652569X/sr=8-1/qid=1152489128/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5515976-4159360?ie=UTF8</a></p><p>Not only are Ninjas spys and assassins, they are also very good at scoring with chicks.</p>

[booster11373]

NINJA PLEASE!

[FreshJ]

Those Crazy Ninjas they are everywhere.&nbsp; After all they are masters of disguse, why else would they hide as a resturant in plain sight, That is pure genious. <br />

[TooCute]

<hr color="cococo" align="left"></font> I've been to many
Japanese places<hr color="cococo" align="left"><p></
p>You sure they'
weren't "chinese" or "american" places? I'm sure the restaurant was plenty
fun, but let's face it, you're mostly paying for the entertainment. You don't
need to pay anywhere near $100 a head for phenomenal - with real wasabi!
- sushi in the city.

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by TooCute on 7-10-06 @ 12:47 AM</span>

[LordJezo]

<strong>TooCute</strong> wrote:<br /> I've been to many
Japanese places<p><!--
p-->You sure they'
weren't &quot;chinese&quot; or &quot;american&quot; places? I'm sure the restaurant was plenty
fun, but let's face it, you're mostly paying for the entertainment. You don't
need to pay anywhere near $100 a head for phenomenal - with real wasabi!
- sushi in the city.

<span class="post_edited">This message was edited by TooCute on 7-10-06 @ 12:47 AM</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p>Name some and I'll go check them out.&nbsp; I have been to real Japanese places and they all use the same horseradish stuff that you find in just about every single sushi place in the country uses.&nbsp; After having real fresh grated wasabi the difference really stands out.&nbsp; It doesnt burn at all and has a very mild flavor.<br />