However, the highlight of the night was actually at the izakaya that Angie wanted to visit. It was set up by a SMAP fan, and the place was decorated with everything SMAP, played their music videos and even tuned into shows being broadcasted if they were guest. Even though I didn't understand a thing about what they were singing, except for the English bits in their new song, the place was rather cool, but the food made it awesome.
The dishes were simple, but they were so well done and well seasoned that we couldn't let a drop of anything go to waste. Angie chose the items as dad and I didn't understand anything in the Japanese menu. Turned out, we had a bacon and soft boiled egg salad, cheese tempura, gyoza soup, and a dish similar to clay pot rice.
The salad was not fussy, and the wafu dressing, mixed with the runny yolk created a very well balanced and creamy dressing that even dad couldn't let go. Next came the gyoza soup. It was really hearty, yet not too rich, intense with flavour yet light. It's strange that a soup can be described with such contrasts but it just went down like that and you could just drink the whole pot by yourself. The gyoza were also kept the firmness of the skins, and the filling weren't over seasoned. Cheese tempura really gave me ideas as it was so light and creamy inside, with an awesome crisp on the outside. I could have 10 sticks of those, but we had more coming and I needed to save space with such awesome food coming out of the kitchen. Finally, the last dish was the pot of rice topped with grilled fish and salmon roe. We had to keep it covered for a minute (there was a timer) and that probably let the rice crisp up at the sides while all the flavours soaked into the rice. Absolutely lovely
BURP!
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