Cento Raw Bar chef Avner Levi makes hamachi crudo with a chilled citrus-y jalapeño broth plus cherries and Thai basil.

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The towering Austrian will be serving hamachi crudo with passion fruit, black garlic, soy onions, and classic ramp-spinach dumplings with brown butter porcini nage and truffle pecorino.

It’s listed on the menu under the heading “Raw Bar,” a combination of dishes like kusshi oysters, scallops crudo, hamachi crudo and a tasting of Beluga caviar. Those, I know how to eat.

Chef Logan Ramirez plates the hamachi crudo in the kitchen at Gioia Mia, a new contemporary American restaurant in Montclair, on Thursday, July 20, 2023. Take the chicken liver mousse appetizer.

What’s on offer? The three courses, only available Monday through Wednesday, include steak frites, hamachi crudo and a mixed leaf salad. Why is it a deal? Apart from being an excellent meal at a ...