This placed was recommended by the receptionist at the Hotel. They gave us a brochure and off we went. The location was probably a few minutes walk, right behind our La Vista Hotel, Kushiro.
Honestly I am not too sure, but from the label from the Menu, I believe the place is called Toraya Oyagi.... either that, or it is the owner's name.
The place is small, with main dining area sitting about 20 persons at most. But little did I realised, they also had a whole floor of dining area upstairs. Sitting at the dining area here next to the cook, gives you the full on experience on how Japanese dines.
Our host for the night must have been the owner... why? because he has a cute symbol of his face with his head gear (Logo) on the menu as well as their uniform.
Everything grilled is cooked right there in the centre of the room. The room wasn't very smokey, but the smells of all the cooking does get into your clothing's (or hair).
We ordered a grilled fish. It was on the dry side if you asked me. The fish was not juicy at all when you put your chopsticks through it. Another thing about this fish is that, it had many tiny bones in it (soft enough to eat).
We we ordered a salad topped with crabstick... yes these are real crab meat from enlarged crab legs.... not those coloured man made crab sticks....
What are these you may asked? It is tofu... It is served cold. To eat it, you take a toothpick and prick on it. The balloon will then burst leaving the tofu in its shape... like a tiny round marble...
Here are our host started to prepare some Yakitori. No, not everything is for us. No we couldn't eat like 30 sticks of pork & chicken...
I am sorry but we were too busy having a few beers and our dinner that we forget to capture the rest of the dinner.
Overall the dining experience was excellent. The host and the staff, even though they didn't speak any English still managed to entertain us with their gestures.
Food was average, ambience was great, price was expensive....
surprisingly even the soup that they had served us when we first walked in was charged!
You could click on the location link below, I have marked the restaurant on the map.
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