Finally, a Tasting Menu That Isn't Super Overpriced

So Del Posto could afford to drop the price of its tasting menu by $50!?

If that news has you cynical about markups, allow us to recommend the midwinter omakase menu at Zenkichi, our favorite place for cod sperm and "adventurous eating" in general.

Here's a secret: A preview of the menu was recently offered to friends and family "at cost" and that cost was $30. Meanwhile, the a la carte price is $48. Not a bad markup for Kumomoto oysters and three-day pork belly in a Kyoto-esque curtained-off booth. You can see the rest of the menu here, along with a four-course $35 Restaurant Week menu also on offer.

Previously on NYmag.com's Grub Street...

• Del Posto Slashes Tasting-Menu Prices, Zagat Still Looking for $295 a Head
• Are Female Chefs Getting the Short End of the Stick?
• Tables Available at Cookshop, Insieme, Park Avenue Winter, Telepan