Omakase Excellence at Pabu
As recently as two years ago, we were lamenting that the best Japanese food in the Bay Are could only be found outside of San Francisco, further down the Peninsula […]
Tag Archives: Japanese Food
Yokoso Kusakabe!
Until recently, San Francisco had missed out on the Japanese food trend, as many of the best Nippon-style restaurants were located outside of the City. Lucky for us, that gap […]
Great Fresh Fish at Koiso Sushi Bar in Maui
A reservation specialist from the Andaz Maui resort told us about getting some great sushi at Koiso when we stayed there last September. We weren’t able to get in then, […]
Morimoto Maui Restores our Faith in the Iron Chef
We have a confession to make. During our past few visits to Morimoto’s in Honolulu and Napa, we have felt that the noted Iron Chef’s restaurants that bear his name […]
No Wasabi but Great Japanese Fare at Uchiko
One of the BarFlys traveled to Austin, Texas recently to attend a work-related business conference. With limited time in a great food city, we had to make sure we chose […]
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 […]
Yakitori and Small Plates at Sumika Grill
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 […]
It’s Time for Ramen at Shalala
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 […]
An Authentic Kushiyaki Experience at Gaku
A Japanese Yakitori restaurant is one that specializes in serving all things chicken, mostly on skewers grilled over binchōtan charcoal. On a business trip to Tokyo once, we were served […]
A Progressive Dinner at Morimoto and Oenotri in Napa
After a long day of drinking, drinking and more drinking (we were in Wine Country after all), we were indecisive about where to dine for dinner. With the re-invigorated downtown […]
