Sunday, April 19, 2009

Yakitori Yosaku

I love how in Japan every available space in/on/around a building is used. It could be the smallest alcove only able to fit two seats and some one will have a built a two seat ramen shop or such. In this case the space being used is in the under category. Wedged in under what was formally Pow Pow now Kila is Yakitori Yosaku. A small bar in the front and a few tables in the back, I don't know about the darts board on the wall, they either aren't expecting many people or those that come have very thick skin, literally.

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We get some Tako-age to start, a small bowl of crispy fried octopus with a wedge of lemon, it's tasty, the octopus not chewy or over fried.

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Being in a place called Yakitori we had to get a few sticks, the pork belly was nice covered with glaze, though it could have done with a bit more grilling to crisp up the outside for my liking.

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The chorizo was two mini sausages with little heat but good spicing.

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The lamb is the first lamb we have seen on a yakitori menu, it's tasty lightly glazed and sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds.

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The chicken skin is the best example of this most glorious stickfood that we've seen to date. The skin has been cooked long enough to crisp it up most of the way through, rendering all the fat out. It's crunchy flavorful goodness.

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The final snack for tonight is five types of Japanese mushroom with lemon, soy and butter wrapped in foil and grilled. I'm pretty sure I only counted three types of mushroom but, they tasted good all the same.

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Hokkaido
Hirafu-area
TEL. 0136-23-4390

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