First Look: Oakland's Good Luck Gato restaurant delivers Mexican-Japanese izakaya fare
It’s hard to improve on the izakaya formula – a comfortable neighborhood joint with tasty bar bites, washed down with copious beer or bracing spirits. But chef Matt Meyer has given the genre a brilliant twist with Good Luck Gato, an “izakaya cantina” near downtown Oakland that blends the best of Mexican and Japanese cuisine. It’s eye-opening how well, in Meyer’s hands, the East-West flavors elevate each other. A simple-looking taco is the menu’s blockbuster: It pairs a handmade tortilla with pork-curry sausage, ginger pico de gallo and a fried Jidori egg whose warm yolk collects ...
Source: eastbaytimes.com