SC:
Very welcoming setting, newly remodeled house, cozy outdoor tables and very friendly staff but I wouldn't call the dishes "Izakaya" quality. I don't care where the chef and/or the owner came from, Hawaii, Okinawa or Indiana but they don't know a thing about Japanese food.
Edamame - who can make it wrong?
Pickled vegitables - well...it was not really pickled
Hot Napa Cabbage - it was "temperature" hot. Of course they didn't want to call this Kimchi because it was nowhere close.
Chilli sparerib - it was okay but I could only find it 2% Asian. And the food was not well re-heated, if you know what I am saying
Ahi Poke - it was the most blend Poke I ever had
Grilled Octopus - charge 8 bucks for that dish where you will only find nothing but 8 pieces grilled Tako?
Yakisoba - it was "packaged factory made" good
Tonkatsu - I ordered Tonkatsu but I got Chicken Karaage where the meat was too thin with greasy batter
Sesame pork meat balls - did I taste the sesame ?
Miso Eggplant - this was the most edible food out of all that we ordered
I know there is this recent wave of Far-east asian small eateries in pacific Northwest but I am not really finding any of them really appealing from authenticity perspective (Miho, Tanuki, Koi fusion). Just don't want them to affect the other original old ones that have been doing good for ages.
SS:
Good: Well.. at least Sapporo was great! That can't go wrong right?
Bad: I am not even sure if they know what kind of "restaurant" they even are. It's so disappointing...Don't go!
SOS summary
SC: Wouldn't go there again.
SS: Wouldn't go there again.
