Monday, July 23, 2012

Back in Japan (July 2012)...Kappo Dinner at Yotsuya Fuku


I slept through the first night back in Japan, so I had no jetlag the next day.  My mon, sister and I went shopping in Shinjuku in the afternoon and bought a lot of things!

In the evening, we had a reservation at a tiny “kappo” restaurant called, Yotsuya Fuku, in Yotsuya district.  It’s hidden in a small alley, and you go down the stairs of a building to get to the entrance.

This restaurant is run buy a husband & wife team.  The husband is a young but experienced chef and also a sommelier.  The wife runs the floor and she’s a sake and shochu master.

We had a great dinner with all the premium seasonal ingredients.
And, we drank so much!

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First appetizer course…kinji-so green from Kanazawa was a real treat.  Soup was corn “surinagashi”…real pure taste.


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Amazing sashimi.  Grilled ayu.


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Braised octopus and togan squash.  The meat course was “Fuku” katsu (pork was braised for hours, then fried to perfection.  It was super chopstick-tender and juicy.


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Chef’s hand-made soba.  Dessert was peach crème brulee.


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And lots of drinks.

Great food, great ambience, and great hospitality.  We had a wonderful time.