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| - Nice uptown Izakaya. This may be my new Izakaya go-to uptown, although I'm not sure if they can replace my don don.
My only complaint is that it was a bit dark in there even during day time and they kept playing with the lights. The music was a bit loud I couldn't even hear the person across from me. The food was decent, my Izakaya favs/standard bars are salmon warayaki and takoyaki. The salmon warayaki was flavourful, full of smoky aromas, on the pricey side. Combined with a pinch of sea salt it was good texture and taste overall. The takoyakis were nice and small, I like it better than bigger ones that just have more air inside. The piece of octopus inside was then proportionally bigger. There was lots of fish shavings on top and decent amount of mayo and okonomiyaki sauce. Each bite had a good proportion of octopus, warm potato mash and sauce. Since there was only two of us we only tried two other things. Cheese Buldak: hot BBQ chicken with cheese, basically pieces of grilled chicken with hot Korean sauce topped with melted cheese. This dish was okay for me, I don't do so spicy. It wasn't too flavourful and the cheese didn't complement for some reason, I've had better. Also had the Tonkatsu Tamago Toji, fried pork chop with egg in broth. This was interesting to soak the Tonkatsu in broth and went well w the egg. Seems like a pork chop rice without the rice.
The service was okay, I really like the interior decor, was a good bar atmosphere. It was spacious and can accommodate larger groups. Will definitely come back to try more dishes!
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