Posts Tagged ‘japantown’
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
It’s so small and so popular that if you’re not among the first group (seats about 9 people) to eat there when it opens some time after 7pm, your best bet would be to come back around 9:30. It’s become so popular that people have to purposely give it bad reviews so others won’t go there.
If there’s one Japanese word you should know before eating at Tekka, it’s “omakase”:
Omakase (お任せ) is the Japanese word meaning “entrust” or “protect”. It is most commonly encountered at sushi bars, where the customer may request お任せお願いします omakase onegaishimasu (onegaishimasu meaning “please do me the favor”) to give the chef authority to prepare what the chef wants to make for you at the price that the chef sets. (wiki)
Brian and I were charged $50 each for all this food (and a little extra for the hamachi kama):
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Tags: birthday, japanese, japantown, jonas, jonas' birthday, jonasapproved, omakase, restaurant, san francisco, sf, sushi, tekka
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
I just ate at Mifune Don in Japantown’s Peace Plaza. It’s not at just at any Japanese restaurant that you can get okonomiyaki.
Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き, Okonomiyaki?) is a pan-fried Japanese dish cooked with various ingredients. Okonomi means “what you like” or “what you want”, and yaki means “grilled” or “cooked” (cf. yakitori and yakisoba); thus, the name of this dish means “cook what you like, the way you like”. (wiki)
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Tags: japanese, japantown, jonasapproved, jtown, mifune don, okonomiyaki, ramen, restaurant, san francisco, sf
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Monday, December 31st, 2007
I was with the family this time, dining at Bushi Tei – one of those higher-end Japanese restaurants where you pay a fortune to eat a little. Actually, despite being expensive, I really enjoyed this meal. Service was almost impeccable – I really want to say it was perfect but nothing can compare to Gary Danko’s service – and the food tasted better than it looked, and boy did it look good!
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Tags: bushi tei, gyoza, japanese, japantown, jonas' birthday, jonasapproved, ramen, restaurant, san francisco, sf
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Monday, December 31st, 2007
The meal was okay and the service needed a little work, but at least I was around great company.
Thanks Weldon, Andy and Regina!
-jonas
Iroha Restaurant
visited 12/27/07
Tags: gyoza, iroha, japanese, japantown, jonas' birthday, jonasapproved, ramen, restaurant, san francisco, sf
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
I bet most people have never heard of this restaurant. It’s a hidden resteaurant in Japantown – on top of Denny’s, inside Club Nishiki and through the sliding wooden door – that only offers about seven (?) counter seats. It sounds like a hole-in-a-wall restaurant, but it’s actually very nice and clean. It’s owned by a Japanese couple (from Japan) – the husband cooks, the wife serves. $85 for a pre-fixe menu that looks a little something like this:
The Holy Grail … of sake!
The Cream of the Crop: Monkfish liver pate – Sounds disgusting but tasted great.
Fit for a King: Dungenness crab salad that left me wanting more
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