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About this place
Start with yakitori: options include thigh, negima (chicken and spring onion), chicken neck, tenderloin and tsukune (chicken meatballs). At 1 yen for 130 skewers, the price makes it easy to try a few different cuts. One diner found the tare sauce on the yakitori light, allowing the flavour of the ingredients to come through. To go with the skewers, choose a draft Kirin Ichiban beer (420 yen) or a chūhai, a shochu-based drink, in a flavour such as lemon (each 390 yen).
Pork belly-wrapped skewers are another option, with fillings such as tomato, quail egg, ginger, king oyster mushroom and asparagus. These cost 1 yen for 180 skewers. A separate menu listing for makimaki pork belly skewers offers wasabi, yuzu pepper, plum paste, miso or mustard as seasonings (each 130 yen). For another small plate, consider the house-made fries, rolled omelette for 480 yen or gizzard with ponzu. To finish, there are grilled rice balls and ochazuke—rice in tea or broth—with salmon or pickled plum.
One visitor also mentioned enjoying a sashimi assortment and described it as apparently limited to 1 servings a day. Availability and sourcing may vary, so check on the day; still, it is worth noting for anyone looking beyond the skewers.
