Luv C. wrote: > Have anyone tried this place or heard of it? Is it good and authentic > Japanese? I'd love to hear comments about this restaurant! Thanks in advance! It's one of the many Japanese places my wife and I frequent. We've been going there for many many years... As with all restaurants, it has it's strong points and it's difficulties. They have a fairly broad menu. Lunches are a fantastic deal. Dinners are nice too, with an extended menu (and tablecloths) and, as expected, slightly higher prices. It's a small, family run business. The owners are from Hokaido, the wait staff is mainly Chineese. You'll find them often very busy. The clientele is varied (i.e. caucasians, Chineese, Japanese, and on and on... blue collar workers to doctors from the nearby hospital). Their yosenabe ($8-9 at lunch time) is HUGE and very good. I can eat all of the meat, some of the veggies, and rice... and then take the broth and noodles home to make into dinner adding some additional meat. I don't think I could eat the entire dish, even though it is YUMMY. Their yosenabe usually includes: a shrimp, mussel, chicken, pork, beef, fish, noodles, onions, mushrooms, etc. For some reason, even the yosenabe comes with miso. I enjoy their special combinations like chicken teriyaki and sashimi (or tempura) with salad, miso, a fake crab and cucumber appetizer, rice, and ice cream (different combos are different prices, but I think they're around $11 at lunch). I think the lunch prices range from around $5 with most at or below $8. Most dishes are very healthy-sized portions. They also have unaju, a variety of don buri, udons, sushi, sashimi, and probably 8 or 12 other lunch entrees (e.g. salmon teriyaki, saba shio yaki). I don't think I've had any dish there that wasn't good. There are some dishes that (while good) may taste better elswhere, but the overall quality and quantity make them an excellent price performer at a very reasonable level of quality (for some dishes ranging to VERY good).
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Mutsu in San Mateo?
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Luv C. wrote:
> Have anyone tried this place or heard of it? Is it good and
> authentic Japanese? I'd love to hear comments about this
> restaurant! Thanks in advance!
I haven't been there myself, but there was a comment about it on www.jpnnet.com. It says the place is crowded during lunch, and the nabe-yaki udon was good.