oh yeah. layer after layer after layer of awesome. crowded eateries serving who knows what? but, it all smells delicious, and looks enticing. in the tiny, almost micro neighborhood of nakameguro, tokyo, all is quiet. and amazingly, for right here in the middle of this eye goggling pinball machine of a city, greed. yasuda lives near here, and he loves this place, a low-key joint to enjoy family meals and meet friends. i so much appreciate seeing you and all of the people from the u.s. well, we miss you, you know? i miss new york city. i ll tell you something really terrible. every relationship i ve ever had with a woman, at some point very early on i bring them to yasuda in new york. mm-hmm. and i would watch how they eat. mm-hmm. if they talked too much, if
They didn t understand how to eat sushi, if they did not eat the uni, we will never have a relationship. that s it. that s the end. they don t serve high end sushi here or elaborate hiseki-inspired fare. it s almost like hipster tempura. this style of food is known as kushiage skewers of delicious things dipped in batter and fried, perfectly. yasuda-san orders up shrimp and basil, lotus root, octopus and pickled quail eggs. you also have to have their take on okonomiyaki, a type of egg batter pancake that can be filled with many things. for us, it s squid and brushed with worcestershire sauce. wow, that s awesome. i ve been coming here for many times, but this is the first time to eat. oh, okonomiyaki, yeah.