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| - This restaurant serves yakitori and Japanese tappas. The staff were friendly, the greeting style reminds me of Guu, where all the staff members greet you and say farewell. There is a patio area in the front, and wooden booths and benches inside. The delicious smell of charcoal grilled food fills the air from the open kitchen.
To accompany the Sapporo beer we tried a variety of dishes. We tried the yakitori premium set, which comes with waygu beef, duck breast, chicken, and beef tongue. I think the set is good to try once; since you get to try them all, but not sure it was worth the price. The waygu beef was soft and tender, but the meat didn't have much flavour. I did enjoy the duck breast. Because the meat was grilled, it had a nice smoky flavour.
I recommend trying the lamp chop if you like lamb. The lamb chop was soft and tender, and didn't have a strong lamb smell. I also really enjoyed the takoyaki. I loved the batter and amount of sauce they served over the takoyaki was perfect. The takowasabi (chopped raw octopus) was nice, the wasabi flavour really comes through, and adds a kick to the dish. It's nice when eaten with the seaweed. The one dish I disliked and would never order again was the Hotaruika - marinated fresh baby squid. The texture was really slimy, and just something I didn't enjoy.
We also tried some of the oden toppings. I really enjoyed this. We choose the original oden broth, it was really nice and light, and it had a lot a depth. We tried the hanpen, daikon, and gyusuji (beef tendon). The hanpen (fluffy fish cake) was my favourite. It was yummy, the texture was soft and had a nice airiness to it. Since I love sashimi were ordered the tuna and sashimi set. The fish was fresh and nicely cut. It was the first time I've tried the sock eyed salmon as sashimi.
I enjoyed the food and atmosphere here. I suggest coming with another person or a group so that you get to try more of the dishes. I'll be back to try some more of their other dishes!
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