寝屋ログ太郎
Anyway, this place is said to be delicious by many people, so I finally made it here! I made a reservation for Wednesday at 6:30 PM. It is the first yakiniku restaurant in Kansai where you grill your meat on a traditional Japanese hearth. The hearth seats are sunken kotatsu style, so it's comfortable on the waist. The seats feel like semi-private rooms once you close the curtain! Blankets are placed on the seats, showing consideration for women who might get cold feet. They use Kishu Binchotan charcoal for grilling. The atmosphere is already great with the traditional hearth, and on top of that, semi-private rooms... This place might create something special when you come here with someone! The "Japanese Delicacies" course for 11,000 yen includes fugu mirin-boshi, kimchi cabbage, thick-cut tongue, Kobe beef sirloin shabu-shabu, Awaji beef yukhoe, Tokyo X with kombu-sansho salt, crispy burdock and leafy vegetable salad, grilled fugu harami, Hiuchigani eel rice, and orange? For drinks (additional charge), they have beer, highball (Chita), red and rosé wine. Each dish is incredibly delicious, cooked over the far-infrared heat of Kishu Binchotan charcoal, which doesn't have a charcoal smell at all. Starting with the fugu mirin-boshi, the tongue with its melt-in-your-mouth texture, and the various types of meat that you can't taste from foreign sources, everything is so tasty! The large pieces of meat are eaten almost like sukiyaki, but here it's shabu-shabu! When you dip it in sesame sauce, it's unbelievably delicious. The yukhoe made with rich eggs is outstanding. The Tokyo X (pork) with a lot of fat has a slight hint of sansho from the kombu salt, which complements it perfectly. Of course, the umami is out of this world. The salad comes not at the beginning, but at this timing to make it easier after the pork fat. Then, the fugu with miso sauce and various types of meat are served, and they are so delicious that they just melt in your mouth. Where did the meat go? Did it run away from home? Finally, you grill the eel yourself while adding sauce. Then comes the rice cooked in a clay pot. Put the grilled eel on the rice with a little sauce and eat it, and it's amazing. The wasabi used is grated just before serving, like at a high-end sushi restaurant. The dressing for the salad is original. The drinks are served in thin glasses with cracked ice for the highball. The default highball is Chita. When you finish drinking, you can hear the sound of the ice clinking and they ask if you want a refill. I asked, and it turns out the owner has experience as a bartender. What surprised me was the wine preservation device! It's like a gun barrel attached to the cap, and it injects gas into the wine to prevent oxidation whenever you pour out some wine. This device can be used with screw caps by attaching a special screw, allowing you to drink wine by the glass from bottles that are usually only available by the bottle! I've never seen this before. It's a super helpful device for wine lovers. The owner doesn't talk much, but when asked a question, he answers politely. I thought I was going to a yakiniku restaurant, but it felt more like an izakaya or traditional Japanese restaurant. The meat, fish, and alcohol are all provided without compromise, and there's minimal information given. I love this kind of restaurant. There's no menu for alcohol, but if you ask, they will bring you something you'll enjoy. The 11,000 yen "Japanese Delicacies" course was a real winner, but there are also many tempting à la carte options. Highly recommended! Please go and try it out. Thank you for the meal!