MIKU Sushi Makes Food for a Cause

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by Emma Barhydt

When eating at a local restaurant there are a couple of things I look for: Does the restaurant know its community? Does the restaurant care about its community? And, of course, is the food good? MIKU Sushi answers all of these questions with a resounding yes! I’ve always liked MIKU sushi and have been visiting since they opened in 2019, but my most recent visit has bumped MIKU into my top 10 favorite restaurants in Greenwich!

I had the pleasure of sitting down with K Dong, owner of MIKU sushi to hear more about their community non-profit partnerships, what they are and what it means. MIKU partners with a local nonprofit every month, creating a new specials menu inspired by the nonprofit with 100% of the proceeds of their specials going to the nonprofits as donations. December’s nonprofit was the Bruce Museum Contemporaries.

To celebrate the Bruce Museum Contemporaries, MIKU sushi created a positively decadent menu full of interesting flavors and luxurious ingredients. Three dishes and a cocktail serve to highlight not only the nonprofit but also the chef’s skill and ingenuity. Owner K Dong works closely with his chefs to ensure that each dish is up to snuff, making small tweaks and changes to ensure the best dishes possible.

When I went I had the opportunity to try each item on this month’s special menu. At first, I was a little skeptical if not intimidated by some of the options on the menu, but I dove right in and I must say it was love at first bite. The first menu item to come out was the Fisher Dollhouse. Wagyu beef and scallop over beetroot, topped with sturgeon caviar, served with truffle dressing. This dish was so incredible. The scallop was flavorful but not too fishy and perfectly tender. The Wagyu served to add a huge depth of flavor, and the beetroot added a bright freshness to the dish. The Fisher Dollhouse brings a new definition of “surf & turf” to the table and is perhaps one of the most creative dishes I’ve ever eaten. The balance of flavors was utterly incredible.

The next dish out was the Seaside Center, grilled crispy skin branzino on sauteed baby bok choy. This dish may sound simple but it is beautiful in its simplicity. The fish is perfectly tender and has a lovely delicate taste. The light sauce it’s in has the perfect amount of flavor and the skin is served crisped on the side. The bok choy is a great compliment to the fish, also simple, but it grabs all the flavor from the fish and sauce for an amazing flavor. K Dong spoke about how when they were developing the dish, the flavor and components were right but the texture of the skin on the fish just wasn’t where he wanted it to be, so they tried something different by skinning the fish and frying it separately. The crispy skin may have ruined potato chips for me forever.

The final food item on the special menu is the Resolute Roll. King salmon, shiitake mushroom and asparagus inside, topped with wagyu beef, kombu salt and mushroom truffle sauce. This roll is quite literally the best roll I’ve ever had in my life. The textures are amazing and the flavors are balanced. Much like the Fisher Dollhouse, I was pleasantly surprised by the mix of surf and turf, and how well they managed to bring them together in one dish. There’s a punchy umami flavor from the mushrooms and wagyu that’s beautifully heightened by the truffle. Underneath that sits the king salmon with a light flavor that’s not too fishy, and the asparagus that adds an amazing crunch as well as a slight bitterness that cuts through the richness of the salmon and beef. I also ordered two other rolls along with the Resolute Roll, the Goof 4 You Roll and the Greenwich Roll.

Last but not least we’ve come to the cocktail, Natural Cycles. Probitas white rum, grape juice, lemon juice, rose syrup. This cocktail is beautifully floral and packs an unexpected punch. Natural Cycles is a delicate drink with a beautiful pink hue. The cocktail is a great compliment to the rest of the specials and was the perfect way to end the meal at MIKU.

This month’s menu was just one phenomenal dish after another. Not only were the dishes knockouts, the message of the menus is even better. Giving back to your community is so important not only to help bring people together with some great causes, but also to help raise awareness for the causes in the first place. The main thing K Dong made sure to impart was just how important his customers are. Most of the nonprofits are recommended by patrons of the restaurant, and even after they’ve left the restaurant many donate to the nonprofits on their own having found the causes through MIKU’s partnerships. I am so excited to see who MIKU is supporting next month, and what their new specials will be!

MIKU Sushi is located at 68 Greenwich Avenue and is open Monday – Thursday 11:30am to 9:30pm, Friday -Saturday 11:30am to 10:30pm, and Sunday 12:00pm – 9:30pm
See more of their menu at https://mikugreenwich.com/

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