http://www.saltshaker.net/20061130/house-of-the-rising-sun Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:54:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.saltshaker.net/20061130/house-of-the-rising-sun/comment-page-1#comment-191193 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » I Went to Go Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:40 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20061130/house-of-the-rising-sun#comment-191193 [...] of raw fish and rice. And there have been successes, and glimmers of hope – Yuki, Nihonbashi, Comedor Nikkai, Maki… but mostly it’s been lackluster, mediocre, and all that salmon and cream cheese. [...] [...] of raw fish and rice. And there have been successes, and glimmers of hope – Yuki, Nihonbashi, Comedor Nikkai, Maki… but mostly it’s been lackluster, mediocre, and all that salmon and cream cheese. [...]

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20061130/house-of-the-rising-sun/comment-page-1#comment-177591 Tom Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:05:57 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20061130/house-of-the-rising-sun#comment-177591 Wow. I went to Commedor Kikkai tonight. My chirasi was delicious. Service-excellent. Vibe-great. Presentation-f'ing beautiful. It is quite dangerous that this place is 1.5 blocks from my apartment! Wow. I went to Commedor Kikkai tonight. My chirasi was delicious. Service-excellent. Vibe-great. Presentation-f’ing beautiful. It is quite dangerous that this place is 1.5 blocks from my apartment!

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20061130/house-of-the-rising-sun/comment-page-1#comment-10606 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » The True Flavors of Japan? Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:09:11 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20061130/house-of-the-rising-sun#comment-10606 [...] Welcome to Irifune, Paraguay 412, 4312-8787 (their business card assures one that they have twenty years experience in this location, and that they offer the true tastes of Japanese food). I was now a trifle wary. True, the man who greeted us as we entered was Japanese. One of the two sushi chefs too. There was a Japanese busboy. Our waiter, a serious looking Germanic sort, desperately trying to wait on all dozen tables on the second floor by himself. But when he finally got to us, friendly if harried, and as lunch wore on and tables of businessmen started to depart, the whole atmosphere, and he, relaxed. My two lunch companions decided to opt for relatively inexpensive combination plates (roughly 25 pesos each). I, of course, just can’t bring myself to order a lunchbox. Besides, there were too many interesting things on the menu that I haven’t seen on many other Japanese menus here. The two combo plates, however, turned out to be quite nicely presented. One was a fairly traditional bento box - with a bit of sushi, a bit of tempura, some pickles, salad, and a rice dish, all tasty, and all quicly consumed. The other, two nice sized pieces of grilled fresh mackerel accompanied by rice and goma ae, the spinach and sesame salad that I like so much (not as prettily presented as the one recently at Comedor Nikkai, nor as tasty, but still quite good). In fact, I’d already spotted it on the menu and ordered one as an appetizer. We also ordered a plate of gyoza (above) - quite good, properly cooked, and seasoned well. [...] [...] Welcome to Irifune, Paraguay 412, 4312-8787 (their business card assures one that they have twenty years experience in this location, and that they offer the true tastes of Japanese food). I was now a trifle wary. True, the man who greeted us as we entered was Japanese. One of the two sushi chefs too. There was a Japanese busboy. Our waiter, a serious looking Germanic sort, desperately trying to wait on all dozen tables on the second floor by himself. But when he finally got to us, friendly if harried, and as lunch wore on and tables of businessmen started to depart, the whole atmosphere, and he, relaxed. My two lunch companions decided to opt for relatively inexpensive combination plates (roughly 25 pesos each). I, of course, just can’t bring myself to order a lunchbox. Besides, there were too many interesting things on the menu that I haven’t seen on many other Japanese menus here. The two combo plates, however, turned out to be quite nicely presented. One was a fairly traditional bento box – with a bit of sushi, a bit of tempura, some pickles, salad, and a rice dish, all tasty, and all quicly consumed. The other, two nice sized pieces of grilled fresh mackerel accompanied by rice and goma ae, the spinach and sesame salad that I like so much (not as prettily presented as the one recently at Comedor Nikkai, nor as tasty, but still quite good). In fact, I’d already spotted it on the menu and ordered one as an appetizer. We also ordered a plate of gyoza (above) – quite good, properly cooked, and seasoned well. [...]

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