Just before Christmas Aya's friend Kiri came home from New York and stayed with us in Tokyo for a few days before going to see her family in Kyoto. We had the entire day Sunday to hang out and do whatever Kiri wanted...
...which was eat her favorite Japanese foods and walk around Japanese alleys. Pretty much a typical Sunday for us, so we recommended Togoshi-ginza to begin our adventure.
Our first stop was Ramen for lunch to give us energy to explore all of the alleys we could find
One of Kiri's favorite foods is Kara-age, or fried chicken tenders, & Togoshi-ginza is making a name for itself with its many kara-age shops. So we decided to verify the "expert" rankings by trying kara-age from as many of the top shops as we possibly could.
Our first stop was ranked #1 by a television food show, and did not disappoint. Perfectly golden brown fried thigh tenders with an amazing spicy yuzu-kosho (citrus-pepper) dipping sauce. DELICIOUS!!! and definitely deserving it ranking.
Stop #3 is a local favorite that Aya and I stop at often. Very casual spot to grab a drink and enjoy all kinds of chicken. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture at the 2nd shop because they only have a window and it came fresh out of the fryer so we all ate it so fast no one had anytime to take pictures. Maybe next time?
Compai! I guess they have never heard a southern US-Japanese drawl before. It was fun talking with Kiri. We spoke a type of Japaglish where we both reverted to our native language when we got to words we did not know in Japanese or English.
Kiri wants to remember this when she gets home...to N.Y. City, where she said chicken is decent but people tend to throw the bones on the floors of the subway when they are finished, which made us all laugh
Kara-age + beer = double good
Finally a lite snack at home before Kiri had to leave to catch her bus to Osaka. I know you are asking how we could eat and drink so much, and the truth is I have no idea. We'll just call it talent and years of dedication and training.
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