Izakaya Yuzuki is a Step Above the Rest
Although izakaya (small plates) restaurants have been around longer in the South Bay due to a strong Japanese culture there, there have been a few of these drinking and eating […]
Although izakaya (small plates) restaurants have been around longer in the South Bay due to a strong Japanese culture there, there have been a few of these drinking and eating […]
Open in Los Altos since 2008, Sumika Grill was one of the original yakitori places in the South Bay Area. In 2010, the same team opened the wildly popular Orenchi […]
A previous post covered that there was more than ramen at Shalala with some izakaya-style small dishes to eat with beer. Now that it’s winter and colder in the Bay […]
A Japanese Yakitori restaurant is one that specializes in serving all things chicken, mostly on skewers grilled over binchÅtan charcoal. On a business trip to Tokyo once, we were served […]
Bushido Izakaya in Mt. View recently switched to a new executive chef from Ki Sushi, Isamu Kanai, who has a lot of experience working in restaurants in Japan and San […]
With a long history of running dining establishments such as the Old Lahaina Luau and Aloha Mixed Plate, the Hoaloha Na Eha company opened Star Noodle, a new concept restaurant, […]
Castro St. in downtown Mt. View is home to three ramen noodle places: Ryowa, Maruichi and Shalala. They each have their own specialty ramen, but Shalala Chef-Owner Nobu Iwahashi has […]
Hachi Japanese Sushi and Sake Lounge in Mountain View is truly perplexing. It’s located in a very mini-strip mall on El Camino Real behind a bigger strip mall complex, the […]