Consider yourself fortunate.
They’re definitely doing something special. I’ve been twice and enjoyed it a lot both times. It could be considered Japanese grilled tapas. And they are fairly creative and pay attention to detail.
This has moved to the top of the “I am incredibly stressed and need to treat myself” or “Something awesome happened and I wanna celebrate” list.
I’ve never been to a yakitori specialist. What’s the pro move there?
Grab a seat at the counter if you can so you can watch the action and interact with the cooks.
Go with at least 2 other people if possible, this way you can order at least 4 items from the Plates, 3 items from the Rice portion of the menu, and at least 1 item from the Noodle/Soup portion.
Corn dogs
Ebi Taco
Pickle Plate
Tako Wasabi
Krispy Rice
Onigiri (any and all of them are solid)
Mazeman
Sake flight is also good if you like sake.
The second time I went, I ordered a bunch of oysters on the half shell to start. For me that’s always a happy beginning.
Then I ordered whatever the waitress guided me toward, every single thing she suggested. Since they’re small bites, if you’re hungry you can try a bunch of things all in one sitting.
They had a peach and beef skewer that was memorable, but everything was delicious. Each bite on each skewer is cut, placed and grilled just so, and it shows.
Anyone familiar?
no, but now I’m drooling over knives I have no business owning, so thanks for that…