So last night I had been invited to go into NYC to have dinner with a couple of friends I haven't seen in a few months. Originally we planned on going to an enoteca and having apps and wine, but the day before my friend said that his family was having a friends and family night for the opening of the garden of one of their restaurant. I knew he comes from a family of restauranteurs and that they owned China Grill Management, but I had no idea that his uncle was the one and only Mr. Chodorow. I knew he was well connected but didn't know quite the extent. So the family who we had dinner with was Jeffrey Chodorow, and we ate at ONO, one of NYC's best sushi and asian-fusion dining locations. I tried to explain the magnitude of my evening to my friends and family but no one knew who he was or how lucky I was to eat with Mr. Chodorow at one of his top restaurants!! The food was very good but not the the best, but it was the setting and the circumstances that made this one of the best meals of my life. The cocktails were out of this world as well as the appetizers which included spicy crab pizza, beef marrow dumplings, tempura rock shrimp, and others. The main course was a mix grill of asparagus, chicken, some of the best wagyu beef. To finish of the meal we had a sushi sampler that filled us to way past full. The sushi was very good but not very traditional. Many had genuine japanese roots but had clear fusion twists. Overall I gave the food a 8 of 10 but the circumstances were a 12 of 10, so averaged out it was certainly a perfect evening! I knew only my friends at SE would know who I ate with and appreciate my evening!!