various deliciousness in tokyo and kyoto

[mrnyc]

greatest 10 seater restaurant on earth!
fukuhatchi bar and grill
omoide yokocho street, Shinjuku, Tokyo
thx to toddatron via you tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88n0vnW1Ze0
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sublime grilled asian eggplant w/ ginger, grilled shitaki mushrooms
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pickled grilled fish
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fresh squeezed lemon and grapefruit for chuhei’s (soju, soda and ice)
suishin izakaya in kyoto
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grilled mackeral
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hang on to your riding crop america…horsemeat sashimi!
it was a bit gamey but really no big deal tastewise, still
better to call it ‘uma’ its japanese name and not think about it…!
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kyoto sashimi
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grilled dried squid a kyoto specialty
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grilled rice balls (onigiri
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super delicious shinkansen (bullet train) bento meal
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shibuya, tokyo ramen joint
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more ramen, nagasaki style, in shibuya
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sake in ameyoko street, ueno, tokyo
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viking meal (aka a smorgasbord) at decks in odaiba, tokyo
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[rockrock]

I like Omoide Yokocho for the scenery, but the food there is pretty poor, mostly. Fukuhachi is quite good, though, and is really the only place worth stopping at. Very irregular hours though.