Pildong Bunsik in Chungmuro
There’s a place in Chungmuro called Pildong Bunsik. It looks like a bunsik (Korean snack) joint, but the most famous thing on the menu is chicken skewers. They apparently have other dishes too, though it…
There’s a place in Chungmuro called Pildong Bunsik. It looks like a bunsik (Korean snack) joint, but the most famous thing on the menu is chicken skewers. They apparently have other dishes too, though it…
Shimonya in Asagaya is the place this neighbourhood knows for its skewers, and since it gets so busy I timed my visit for opening. Get there before five and you can eat at your leisure; after that it seems to …
Toriyoshi is a place famous for its lunch in Hibiya. The line gets long fast if you dawdle, so you have to set out early… Menu Well… a pretty standard yakitori-shop menu. The 1,000-yen yakitori-do…
I was planning to go to Iseya, the hugely famous yakitori place in Kichijoji.. but after a first round at Sasanoha I got there to find it closed. So I walked into some random place near the station, and the fo…
I had a drinking get-together in Yotsuya, so I headed out. Yotsuya Rebaya Someone whose company office is in this neighborhood recommended it. Inside It was pretty late, but the place was packe…
Somehow I seem to be hitting yakitori places a lot lately – probably a sign I’m turning into a middle-aged guy. I’d heard there was a yakitori spot in Shibuya with great value for money, so w…
Uzuraya has a Korean menu, which may be why it has become such a popular spot with Korean visitors. I had been eyeing it on Instagram, and eating there in person made me understand what the fuss was about. &nb…
Right now the number-one yakitori place in Kyoto on Tabelog is Kuchibashi Modern. A high Tabelog score doesn’t automatically make a place great, but at least it means it won’t be bad. I had a drink…
There’s a Michelin-starred yakitori restaurant in Kinshicho. It’s on the small side, but the interior and service are neat and tidy, and the prices are reasonable, so it’s a very satisfying p…
Since I said I only go to places I like, there was no way I could skip this one. The yakitori place in Otsuka was packed again today. Appetizers The special menu that used to be on the menu board was n…
Gatten, which has branches all over Asakusa, is a neighborhood yakitori joint. I would not exactly call it a top spot, but you can eat and drink happily for about 2,000 yen a head, so it holds its own. …
I heard that someone who trained at Torishiki, the yakitori place famous for being impossible to book, had opened his own yakitori place in Kameido, so I went to check it out. It is called Torisawa, and from w…