After finishing work today, I decided to go out for drinks with friends. I was really craving my favorite motsunabe (offal hot pot), so I persuaded my friends to go to a Kyushu cuisine restaurant that I have always loved, called "Netchuuya." We started off with a toast of beer! We ordered motsunabe, gyoza, and some sashimi. I couldn't decide between mackerel sashimi and horse sashimi, but I ended up choosing mackerel. However, they were out of mackerel sashimi, so we got a horse sashimi platter instead. The cod roe assortment with three flavors - yuzu, kombu, and super spicy - was our appetizer, and the spicy one was my favorite. The motsunabe looked delicious, but I wished there was more cabbage. We chose the salt flavor for the broth. The horse sashimi platter had three types - lean meat, marbled meat, and shoulder - and the marbled meat was the best. The gyoza arrived a bit late but was still tasty. Lastly, we had champon noodles as a finishing touch. The restaurant closed at 11 pm, which was a bit early, but we had a great time!

The live mackerel disappeared from the sushi restaurant's tank, and I was feeling hopeless about not being able to eat live mackerel in Tokyo. But then, I found a restaurant near my office that serves live mackerel. It's funny how things work out! They are currently offering bottle service at cost price! There are also smoking seats available. Today, I had a half-body sashimi platter.

Both the mackerel sashimi and seared mackerel are delicious. They have ashtrays at the smoking area so you can smoke.

Miso and grated yam set meal for 850 yen. The grated yam is mixed with mackerel miso and mashed. The rolled omelette with sauce is also delicious. You can have unlimited refills of rice and miso soup, but they are not very tasty. Thank you for the meal.

Today is a half-price day!

Second visit! Today, only caught one fish!

"Nanban, Harass set meal"

The service was very good and delicious, but the chicken nanban was a bit frozen.

I used this restaurant for a company drinking party. The interior of the restaurant was spacious, the staff's service was excellent, and the dishes were served with care, even with labels attached, which was really nice. I would like to use this restaurant again if I have the opportunity.

- It's a downside to sit at the same table with a smoker during meals.

The variety of sake was impressive, and the menu mainly featured Hakata specialties, making it an interesting restaurant! The staff were kind and cheerful, creating a pleasant atmosphere!

The all-you-can-eat mentaiko for lunch is amazing! The fried chicken was quite oily, but with unlimited drinks and free rice refills, the mentaiko alone makes the meal enjoyable!

It feels like a very ordinary chain store.

In late March 2018, I revisited this restaurant for a farewell party for colleagues leaving the workplace. The restaurant is located on the 2nd floor of a building about a 3-minute walk from JR Oimori Station North Exit. The course chosen by the organizer included horse sashimi and various dishes, which cost 2980 yen per person for a 2-hour all-you-can-drink plan. The dishes included fresh vegetables, garlic horse sashimi, Hakata-style dumplings, Miyazaki-style chicken nanban, steamed clams, and salmon rice with green onions and sesame. The food was decent, but not outstanding. The drinks, including a zabon highball and kabosu vinegar highball, were a bit too sweet. Overall, the restaurant was better for dinner a la carte rather than the set course. The farewell speech at the end was emotional, but I look forward to welcoming new colleagues with a grand welcome party in the future. Cheers! (As of April 23, 2018, rated 3.02)

Visited a gourmet lunch with my lunch companions in December 2017. I reported on the conversation I had with the director the other day. We are the most senior members at the headquarters. Although my lunch companions are part-timers, they are like my mother or older sister outside of work. They always tell me to do this and that properly! You have to do it! I often hear that. It was the same at my previous workplace. Bitter smile. It's been 5 or 6 years since the headquarters moved. Most of us have less than 5 years of service. Only a few have been with the company for more than ten years. I invited them to lunch to report my intention to resign to the director. The other day, when I wanted to come here, they wanted to go to Woodpecker Lounge, so this time we tried a new place. We arrived after the peak time. There was one other group of customers. The staff were resetting for dinner. When we said we were a party of two, they led us to the least prioritized seat in the restaurant, right in front of the entrance, next to the only other customer. A bad move in the eyes of an experienced person. They prioritized their own reset and brought us to the lowest priority seat in the restaurant. And they were unfriendly... This doesn't bode well. I wanted to try something called beef cutlet for the first time, but it was sold out for the day. Things were not going my way. I ordered the chicken nanban and pork belly set meal. The pork belly was so-so, but the chicken nanban was quite delicious. Maybe because it had more breast meat or because it was thick? It was juicy and tasty! I was in a bad mood at first, but it was surprisingly delicious. Laugh. Even though I had decided to change jobs with a future-oriented mindset, I couldn't help but complain to my gourmet lunch companions. Not good. My noble will to go outside the walls, like the Survey Corps, is getting tainted. Laugh. Let's stick to the plan for the project I tentatively accepted and work on getting the qualifications to go outside the walls without compromising. Just keep moving forward.

On this day, I had lunch in Omori. I came to this Kyushu-style izakaya. The location is a 3-minute walk from JR Omori Station North Exit, on the 2nd floor of a mixed-use building. While there was already Kyushu Netchuya in Omori, on July 7, 2017, this second branch opened, which was an auspicious day. The first branch, Kyushu Netchuya Omori LIVE, had one night visit and was quite satisfying. So, I had some expectations for their lunch menu. There is a lunch menu posted on the street, so I first looked at it. The lunch menu has been the same since the opening, and on this day, they had: - Beef cutlet set meal 1080 yen - Chicken Nanban & Harasu set meal 850 yen - Gomaburi don 850 yen - Hitsumabushi set meal 850 yen - Ginger grilled set meal 850 yen. I decided on the Hitsumabushi set meal and went up the stairs to the 2nd floor of the restaurant. When I entered the restaurant and informed them that I was dining alone, I was seated in the area by the window on the left-hand side, at a table for two. It was lucky to be close to the drink bar. I ordered the Hitsumabushi set meal for 850 yen. The restaurant is run by three staff members, one male and two females, and it was quite busy with customers. The atmosphere in the restaurant was typical of an izakaya. Previously, it was a seafood izakaya called Uotoku Omori, so it was likely a takeover. The background music was Japanese pop music, mostly idol songs. The drink bar had Oolong tea, iced coffee, orange juice, and grapefruit juice, which I enjoyed while waiting for my order. The Hitsumabushi was served in about 8 minutes. The Hitsumabushi set meal included: - Pickles: pickled Chinese cabbage, which was tasty. - Side dish: cold tofu with grated ginger on top. The tofu was silky smooth. - Dashi: it was served in a flat teapot. I immediately made an eel dashi tea using a separate plate, but it had already cooled down and the dashi was too weak, almost like hot water. I was disappointed with the dashi. - Hitsumabushi: about 250g of rice topped with chopped seaweed, shredded omelette, grilled eel, and green onions. The rice seemed dry, probably leftover from the previous day. The grilled eel had 7 pieces, which was a decent amount. The texture was soft and the meat was thick, almost like freshwater eel. However, considering the price of 850 yen, the quality was decent. - Iced coffee: I had iced coffee to finish the meal, which was decent. Overall, for 850 yen, including the drink bar, it was not bad. However, I was disappointed with the lukewarm and weak dashi. They offer delicious dishes at night, but since they are only run by three staff members during lunch, they cannot offer the full dinner menu. The sign says "A delicious restaurant for mackerel and gyoza," so I think it would be great if they included lunch menus with those items. But I understand it might be difficult due to the chefs' schedules and labor costs. Thank you for the meal! (As of September 26, 2017, no points given)

Two men visited the restaurant for dinner. The restaurant was not very crowded, with only one female staff member in the hall. We started with a toast with cold beer, which was very delicious. When we tried to order some snacks, we were told that the famous grilled skin skewers were sold out. When I tried to ask about other dishes, the staff member said, "Can you come back later? I'm busy." This response was surprising and disappointing. The rest of the service was also unfriendly. It's a shame because the food and drinks were delicious. Please improve the staff's training in the future.