Izakaya Night Out

  One night we had creative Japanese style dinner (modern izakaya) with friends including Kotaro and his mother (pictured above). It was a small restaurant, down a side street just off of the main covered shopping street, Omotecho Street. The staff consisted of two, both cooking and serving. There was a small counter with about six seat and tables for about 12. We took up half the restaurant.

  Our dinner began with macaroni salad which was excellent, due mostly to the Japanese mayonnaise.  We next had lettuce pieces which we dipped in sauce which we identified as Worcestershire sauce.  Our dinner continued with a parade of deep fried items to dip into the sauce.  Items included pork, onion, bacon with mushroom, egg, scallops, quail egg, beef and pumpkin.   Side items included potato salad,a dish like ceviche and the largest edamame we had ever seen.  

  One of our dinner companions, Yuzuki-san was freezing to death as the weather had turned slightly cool, we rather enjoyed the brisk weather. We learned a new phrase a dinner, "Oni ni Kanibal" which means "no problem." A very useful phrase.