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| - Kinka Izakaya would be fun if you're in your 20's and want to party, but I'm an older guy and didn't enjoy it. The staff was nice enough but they yelled at the top of their lungs--constantly. They yell when you walk in, they yell your order to the cooks, the cooks yell back, they yell when they're standing next to you. It was non-stop. Five minutes after I placed my order, I couldn't wait to get out of there. To be fair, izakaya restaurants in Japan often call out their orders, but the yelling I experienced here was over the top and hurt my ears.
As for the food, it was prepared carefully and seemed mostly authentic. The only problem was that everything tasted sweet (seafood salad, agedashi tofu, gindara). I don't understand why any chef would want to hide the flavors of good ingredients that way.
They are obviously trying hard and it wouldn't take much to be the best in the area. All they need to do is tone down the ridiculous yelling and stop trying to improve (localize) original Japanese recipes. It wouldn't hurt to add shochu to the drink menu, too.
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