Ah yes, horse, the other red meat. You know, I’ve never understood why horse meat was off-limits in America. I mean, it’s an animal not all that dissimilar to deer or elk and we certainly have no problems eating them. Is it because we ride horses? Would you eat a cow if you rode it? I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘izakaya’
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!
Posted in Restaurant, tagged garlic, pastrami, japan, japanese, tokyo, ginger, eggplant, onion, cucumber, beer, mustard, beef, ponzu, sashimi, tataki, pickle, ebisu, sausage, izakaya, america, black pepper, yakiniku, ribeye, napa cabbage, tamari, scallion, fried rice, rice vinegar, sea salt, tenderloin, kombu, horse, horse meat, uma yakiniku takeshi, uma, takeshi, kosher, rye bread, dr browns, bison, carpaccio, heart, blood pipes, artery, vein, intesines, weiner, guinnea pig, insect, climate change, mr ed on January 9, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Yakitori Akira
Posted in Restaurant, poultry, swine, tagged akira, avocado, basil, chicago, chicharones, chicken, chicken heart, chicken skin, chicken wings, daikon, green onion, green onions, hibiya, izakaya, karage, kimchi, kombu, lemon, mayonnaise, mcdonalds, mexican, miso, mustard, napa cabbage, natto, nori, okra, onsen egg, pork cheek, pork shoulder, pork side, seaweed, shiso, shoyu, soy bean, tokyo, wasabi, yakiniku, yakitori, yakitori akira, yuzu kosho on January 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The other night Yuki and I met up with a bunch of her ex-coworkers who have moved back to Tokyo. They got a table at a modern, hip Yakitori joint in the Hibiya neighborhood. If you want to buy a brand new Hermes bag, Hibiya is the place for you. It’s a very swanky area [...]
Ippo
Posted in Restaurant, tagged america, ankimo, beer, black sesame seeds, briny, burgers, candied sweet potatoes, caviar, chicken fingers, cod, daigaku imo, daikon, ebisu, floral, foie gras, fugu, ginger, green bean, green onions, hamachi, herbal, ippo, izakaya, japan, kaki, land of the rising sun, las angeles, lemon, liver, macaroni, mackerel, mayonnaise, miso, monkfish, namero, oysters, ponzu, pork, pufferfish, sake, sashimi, scallions, seafood, shirako, soft roe, soy sauce, sperm sack, sushi, tartare, tempura, tokyo, tsukiji, tuna, wings on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Alright, back to the Land of the Rising Sun. Better known as Japan. Yuki was at a gathering with a bunch of her friends one of the Saturday nights we were there last November. Instead of hanging out with her parents, whom I love to spend time with, I met up with an ex-coworker of hers [...]
