Zuma's Japanese Prix-Fixe Brunch In NYC Has All The Fixin's

If you're looking to spend a lazy summer Sunday at brunch, Zuma New York is not the place to go.

That's because, upon arrival, after deciding from a menu that comes with an entrée and a ton of extras, you'll find yourself circulating a buffet of sushi, sides, desserts, and "Tamago Benedict," and constantly getting up to take photos and sample the alluring morsels that seem to never run out.

The place is also high-energy — you won't have to project your voice above the din, though, because it's sophisticatedly lively.

Created by executive chef Oliver Lange, Zuma New York has officially launched its Brunch Omakase Gochiso, available with two options. The $55 per person classic menu includes one cocktail, while the signature "Nomimono" menu treats guests to two and a half hours of Zuma classic cocktails, Champagne, beer, and wine for $75 per person.

The highlight of the brunch, though, is the buffet, which includes a sushi station featuring maki rolls, sushi or sashimi, salmon and beef tataki, and freshly shucked oysters with a ponzu, serrano pepper, and lemon mignonette. Take a left, and you'll find yourself at the robata grill, which offers Mini Wagyu Brioche Burgers, Tamago Benedict, and Corn Chawanmushi, reimagined beloved brunch flavors with a Japanese twist, while grilled yakitori vegetables, beef skewers, and asparagus with wafu sauce add diverse options to suit and delight any diner's tastes and dietary needs.

The stations are enough to make diners forget that they ordered a main course from their selected menu, which includes karashi miso chicken with pickled cabbage; New York strip steak donburi with wafu sauce; salmon teriyaki with pickled cucumber; and assorted vegetable tempura. Signature menu choices include barley miso chicken, oven roasted on cedar wood; tenderloin donburi with yuzu tahoon; black cod marinated in saikyo miso with wasabi citrus sauce; and grilled vegetable donburi with wafu sauce.

Between courses, guests are served number of gratis items ranging from edamame to pastries and fried calamari.

For dessert, head to the section full of fresh fruit and assorted house-made truffles; black sesame pana cotta; matcha and hochija cream puffs; and dorayaki, or Japanese honey pancakes stuffed with sweet red bean paste.

If the price tag seems a bit steep, fear not—by the time you step back out onto Madison Avenue you'll have eaten enough to make it not just through the rest of your Sunday, but possibly even the rest of the week.

Zuma New York's weekly Sunday brunch service runs from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with last reservations at 2:30.

Children under six can eat from the food stations without charge.

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