On Thursday night I came home from school directly, because a relative of my host family’s had come in from out of town and we were taking her out to dinner. We went out for Okinawan food at a restaurant near to Pontocho, which was different from usual Japanese food but also quite good. To start with there were some different seaweeds that were heavily battered and tempura-fried, along with something like a cross between garlic and onion that received the same treatment. There was a dish with egg, pork, and a bitter squash-like vegetable called goya, as well as pig’s ear sashimi, which is better than it sounds, that was served with green onions and vinegar. The next round was Okinawan soba noodles, which were more like udon in that they were white and thick, which were served in a spicy broth with ginger. With this came okonomiyaki, which is a savory pancake of sorts that can be filled with whatever you want (which is what the ‘okonomi’ part means, I believe), in this case meant pig’s ear, and topped with a sauce that’s like a mixture of ketchup and Worcester. Finally, we had small servings of ice cream for dessert, and were given what were basically Okinawan doughnut holes that we had to take with us due to lack of stomach-room. What I ended up having to drink was red sweet potato sake (for lack of a better term) that was actually a brilliant shade of magenta, and a glass of iced tumeric tea, which was really just the perfect thing after so much food.
-Apparently you just had to know that this restaurant was there, since it was invisible from the street and at the top of a narrow set of stairs.
- It was over ¥600 for a single alcoholic beverage, which is the rule rather than the exception.
-Don’t expect refills to be included unless you’re drinking regular tea or water.
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