Thursday, January 24, 2008

Izakaya Dining











We had a fantastic dinner last night at an izakaya which is a sake bar/restaurant that serves lots of spirits and a wide variety of small dishes to soak up the alcohol. Couldn't tell you the name of the place as English was not part of the program. I sampled a few types of sake while Sarah fell in love with a basil-infused shochu. The food ran the gamut from absurdly delicious (mackerel dried with green tea then grilled) to interesting (see the two series above of us trying the "blue pickled thing") to vile (see last photo; I dubbed this "burnt joy"). Oh, and if anyone can identify the second photo I'd be delighted. We think it could have been octupus, mushrooms or tendons.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

That seafood looks amazing, guys. I'm insanely jealous.


Christi doesn't like seafood. Poor girl.

Anonymous said...

食糧は奇妙な少しを見るがそんなに会えたことはうれしい楽しい時を過しているあなたの2に。

Jeff said...

Exactly.

Anonymous said...

Finally! Some pictures of the food. Dinner looks fantastic. No idea about picture #2...Enjoy the rest of your trip.