With music, imaginative cocktails, and food that brings the best of Japanese cuisine
Nestled inside Park South Hotel is GG Tokyo, the latest addition to the New York City restaurant scene. Bringing inventive new cocktails, Japanese bites, and live music, GG Tokyo is the perfect place to add to your date night list. The interior merges the sleekness and slender of New York City with the bright lights and playful colors of Tokyo. As soon as you enter, you are met with some of the most whimsical art installations such as the piece titled “sake seas” which is a neon lit art piece that features a mermaid filling a sake cup from a tokkuri vessel.
For our meal we had the chance to try a few bites which included the GG Roll, the Spicy Gochujang Rice Cakes, and the Okonomi-Yaki. The GG Roll has salmon belly, avocado, and tempura shrimp and this roll was well executed and incredibly flavorful. The rice was cooked perfect and the fish was moist, sweet, and fresh. The tempura shrimp was a great addition where it helped add in a crunchy texture to the dish and added in some wonderful savory notes while still maintaining the shrimp’s natural sweetness.
The Gochujang Rice Cakes were next and as soon as the dish was placed on the table we were met with a fragrant aroma of spice. The exterior of the rice cakes were golden brown and crispy while the interior was warm and pillowy. The gochujang spice was prominent but not overwhelming where the heat slowly builds up with each bite. And the addition of caramelized onions helped bring a nice sweetness to the dish which helps balance out the heat and spice.
And our last dish was the Okonomi-yaki which was fried ramen noodles as the base and topped with bonito flakes, apples, and the classic kupi mayo. The ramen noodles were crisp without being burnt and provided a great vessel to pick everything up with. The mayo was so creamy and paired with the apples led to a perfect bite. And the addition of the bonito flakes added a lasting umami note which kept bringing us back in for more.