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| - After a recommendation from a friend and an adventurous walk to little Portugal, we arrived at this hole in the wall style restaurant. There are no signs outside; just a boarded wall, a metal door, and what looks like a shed on the side. But low and behold when you open that door, you arrive at a quaint little bar, some small tables by the windows, and 2 wooden benches off to the side for larger groups.
The menu houses about 15 items, and some daily specials that the servers will explain in detail when you're ready to order. We arrived hungry, so we ordered dyno wings, moto eggs, uni bomb, natsu dengaku, grilled hamachi collar (daily special), smoked mackerel (daily special) and miso ice cream to share for 3. As for drinks, we each ordered arisaka sour (oh man was this good. Its like alcoholic spa water. Mmmm)
Everything was delicious; the dyno wings had a super crispy exterior. Moto eggs were amazing - it literally disappeared into our mouths the moment the server put the plate down. The crunchy chicken skin paired so well with the devilled eggs and the hot pepper. As for the natsu dengaku, I never knew I liked beets so much until I tasted the deep fried beets on top of the savoury eggplants. You have to get this!!
As for the daily specials, both of them were AMAZING. The mackerel wasnt fishy like a lot of the other places I've tried. The rice is flavourful and they included small pieces of seaweed sheets for you to wrap the mackerel in - what an amazing idea. The grilled hamachi collar was massive and delicious. It was juicy, savoury, spicy and sweet; it all depends on what you eat it with! I would give all the thumbs up in the world for this dish.
All in all we had a great time here. Come early cause spots fill up extremely fast (the place only has like 4 tables + 2 longer benched). The prices for food is slightly expensive if you order for yourself, but reasonable if you plan to share multiple dishes with friends. Highly recommend.
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