(2 out of 5 hot dogs)

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Kiku/ Kikku
50 W 55th St (Between 5th and 6th Ave)
Time: Weekday 11:00 AM- 3:30 PM
Price: Two rolls with soup and salad, $8.50
Lunch Box Special, $11.50

The most off-putting part of this lunch special is that the name of the restaurant is spelled differently on the menu and on the awning. Which is it, Kiku or Kikku?? If they can’t tell the difference between spellings, can they tell the difference between fresh salmon and three week old salmon? If I paid with a single, would they think it’s a ten and give me change? This sushi restaurant is bizarrely located on the second floor of what appears to be an apartment building, so you have to uncomfortably walk in the door and go up a common stairwell to get there. I almost turned around when I got to the top of the stairs, and saw hoards of Asian children running about. But for the sake (if not saké) of this blog, I decided to tough it out. The fish at the sushi counter looked almost fresh, and it ended up being eatable (it was no “Ogawa”.) The house salad was extra-white ice burg lettuce with a paper thin, half slice of tomato on top. I decided to get my meal take out and eat in the park, which is a few blocks away, which was pleasant. But I won’t be returning any time soon, or at least until they get their spelling straight.