Priced out of n/naka? Try Niki Nakayama’s new izakaya

If you order the warm tofu at n/soto, it will arrive first. The moment of ceremony feels settling.
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • August 18, 2022
“Oboro” translates from Japanese as “clouded” or “hazy,” sometimes in reference to the view of the moon. The allusion clicks when you peer down at a bowl of just-made oboro tofu at n/soto. Round, silvery, softly cratered and shadowy: Its surface...
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