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Yamato
Photo credit: Freelance/Photo by Timothy Fadek | The aloha roll, consisting of shrimp, crab stick, tomato, onion, mayonnaise, rolled in mango and coconut, is photographed at Yamato, a Japanese Restaurant in Oakdale, NY on Thursday, July 30, 2009. Photo by Timothy Fadek.
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Yamato may seem to be just another suburban Japanese storefront; it's not.
"Amazing sushi," comments a woman at a nearby table. "You've got to order the yellowtail with jalapeño."
We do. And, at the suggestion of our ebullient waitress, we go for another sushi bar special, orange clam.
FLYING FISH
One half of a giant clam shell holds live clam and scallop sashimi, the other...
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