tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post4640080097976551238..comments2023-05-18T03:08:41.920-07:00Comments on 1000 Things About Japan: Will Miss #44 - Akiyoshi yakitori-ya (reflection)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post-55531848665073845652014-01-10T11:19:51.063-08:002014-01-10T11:19:51.063-08:00It does sound good, even in the middle of the nigh...It does sound good, even in the middle of the night :-)Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476943539943172099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post-69728513063962468092014-01-10T10:44:12.781-08:002014-01-10T10:44:12.781-08:00They served a variety of food on skewers and some ...They served a variety of food on skewers and some otherwise. There was beef, pork, and chicken as well as some vegetable items (grilled shishito was one of my favorites). They also had great yakionigiri and the best akadashi (miso soup) ever. My husband would sometimes get their cabbage or "fried potato" (French fries) as a side. It was so good that I'm making myself hungry now at Orchid64https://www.blogger.com/profile/07132543155589881288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post-27899697328862465532014-01-10T03:20:44.672-08:002014-01-10T03:20:44.672-08:00Good food in the context of good company makes for...Good food in the context of good company makes for wonderful memories! There was a small tonkatsu shop in the Ginza many years ago that my wife and I used to frequent pretty regularly. We'd meet there on the way home from our jobs, have a great meal and visit about our respective day at work, and then go home for a nice bath in the o-furo, etc. Sadly, but understandably, the shop was not Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14492461563889268879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post-76777047310025321362014-01-09T16:42:44.738-08:002014-01-09T16:42:44.738-08:00Just out of curiosity, did Akiyoshi serve only chi...Just out of curiosity, did Akiyoshi serve only chicken, or did they serve other kinds of meat on skewers? Up here yakitori-ya sell quite a bit of pork on skewers too, so I'm curious about what a Tokyo yakitori-ya sells. Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476943539943172099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post-21941117222828468302014-01-09T15:57:28.225-08:002014-01-09T15:57:28.225-08:00What a bittersweet post.What a bittersweet post.Michael Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16139526716967128297noreply@blogger.com