Bruni strikes again

This time ripping up Inakaya in the NY Times Building. But rightfully so.

Inakaya
231 West 40th Street
212) 354-2195.
www.Inakayany.com

Inakaya is originally a hugely successful restaurant located in Roppongi. This heavily "gaijin" populated area of Tokyo is where a ton of expats go to eat, drink and later hit the clubs in order to meet Japanese girls who love nothing more than to hook up with foreign men.
Many times, American men who come back from their temporary corporate assignments have this misconception that all Japanese girls are "easy" and then go on to believe all asian girls are hoes based on their escapades in Roppongi. Needless to say, that's not the case... Roppongi is simply a location in which the hoes flock to and just about any non Japanese man can get a piece of ass as long as you speak English.

Anywho, I digress. Back to Inakaya.
Although already very expensive in Tokyo, it's even more expensive here in NYC. And the quality no where justifies the price. Many of my coworkers have gone and were highly disappointed.
Basically, this establishment was built on the premis to rip off tourists or expats in Tokyo. But now, the tourists and expats don't need to fly 6,000 miles to get ripped off because they've set up shop here in NYC.

Here are some excerpts from the piece and also a link to Bruni's review.

Food is sidelined at this large and theatrical Japanese restaurant on the ground floor of The New York Times building. It’s an offshoot of a Tokyo establishment and it’s billed as a robatayaki, which means that grilling is its focus.

Much of the space is taken up by a long counter with 30 seats. There are, additionally, three communal tables, and it was at one of these that my friends and I sampled many grilled dishes, like the Japanese eggplant ($5) and shiitake mushroom ($7), that were pleasant enough.

Others, like skewered hunks of juicy, fatty, lavishly salted chicken thigh ($10), were better than that. But still others, like the whole deep-sea snapper, flown in from Japan and advertised as “Inakaya’s pride dish,” were a shame. The small, dry, emaciated snapper ($65) would have been too expensive at half its lofty price.