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| - When I first heard about this place was through a group of friends. My initial response was, "Snooki from MTV Jersey Shore opened up a restaurant." However, I quickly learned it was pronounced Café Sa-Nu-Ki, Lol. Its a Japanese restaurant with emphasis on Udon. The ambience reminds me of Shirokiya Japanese Village at Ala Moana Shopping Center in Hawaii. Its a large food hall/beer garden with tons of Japanese food vendors. Especially the fake plastic display case in front, which is common at Japanese restaurants.
Café Sanuki set up is a cafetaria style, where you place an order from a numbering system then your order is prepared fresh in front of you. There is side dishes like Tempura, Onigiri(Rice balls) that you can add on. There are other items that require a wait time. For those items, your given a pager and the staff will call you once its ready at the cash wrap/pick up station.
The food is really good and very authentic to what you expect from Japanese Udon. I personally enjoy the Kamatama and Kitsune Udon and the Yaki Udon. Portions is quite filing, considering Udon is more thick than ramen. Another cool feature is that they have rice bowls in regular and mini sizes, great for sharing or if your feeling really hungry.
A few times, we had the pleasure of meeting with the owner, Henry Fan. Nice guy who is compassionate with his restaurant. He made sure our visits were good and everything was up to our satisfaction. Overall, a great place to have a meal with friends and family in a cool setting.
2018 Yelp Review #8
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