We thought the last visit showed some promise so we came back to try more of their food. To be honest, these guys look like the part of an izakaya and didn't quite feel like one. The word 'contrived' comes to mind. But I would not begrudge the food on that.
First to arrive was their moyashi itame. Boiled bean sprouts with a pretty tasty, nutty minced meat sauce.
Followed up by some delicious shoyu flavoured baigai. I found these snails pretty addictive and even saved the broth for later.
The only disappointing item we had was their maguro yukke. There was some Korean-ish tasting sweet and spicy sauce that kinda ruined it. The only marinade we expected was shoyu and maybe sesame oil.
There was kani miso, baked I believe in the oven, served in the shell with crackers. One can imagine these to be excellent drinking food.
More of those bacon hotate and hatsu which we liked from the previous visit.
We saw these big assed tori karaage the last time on the neighbouring tables and decided to try them. These were actually pretty well fried. Their crusty skin had sealed in all the juices and heat in the meat. This was what I had saved my baigai broth for, but they're easily as good with mayo or on their own.
And some cheesy raclette potatoes to end.
Accept no substitutes. Just kidding....but this was definitely a good drink to throw back in our warm evenings.
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