Oh, happy: after a disappointing experience at Poke, I found a fabulous sushi joint on the Upper East Side that I will now be frequenting: Amber, on 80th and 3rd. I checked out the place on Sunday night, and holy yum: beautiful, fresh sushi, to-die-for appetizers, and some of the most interesting “special rolls” I’ve seen.

Recommended: the yellowtail/serrano chile appetizer and the Triple Toro roll (tuna toro, salmon toro & yellowtail toro atop a spicy avocado/cucumber roll).

Pictured above: the Upper East Side roll (a lobster salad/avocado roll topped with kiwi slices and mango sauce) and the Ocean roll (a rock shrimp/avocado roll topped with spicy snow crab & dry seaweed), and 2 pieces of the Salmon Tuna Rollover (a spicy tuna/avocado roll topped with salmon and salmon caviar).