I was quite surprised to find myself liking it. A bit of research shows that the Kirin Brewery Company is a popular Japanese brewery with many international holdings, including some in the United States. I was told by the bartender that Kirin is a Japanese style beer. Not wanting my drink tickets to go to waste, I exchanged them for some Kirin.
Between the cost of parking and getting into the event (the restaurant itself has no door fees but the party had a cover charge), I knew I couldn’t overextend myself financially (that’s what the Steam Winter Sale is for…). I could have purchased some sake for myself but budget concerns kept me from doing so. An older fellow I ate with was in full agreement on me with this one. The two drink tickets I received for the event could not be traded in for sake, which was totally lame. Well you’ll have to keep wondering because I didn’t try any. I’m sure all you anime fans out there have always wondered what the Japanese rice wine known as sake tastes like. Luckily, Yakitori Boy does have a few things to set it apart from from it rivals like sake. Frankly, you need something special to stick out. I can get to half a dozen places full of fine Asian cuisine. Now, while the food is great, it takes more then food to make a place great. I could go on but I’ll let the pictures do the talking for me. The advantages to doing it this way was that it allowed people to sample a large variety of dishes in a more social atmosphere. It was all served tapas style, meaning there there were several smaller courses that everyone shared with each other. What I’m saying is, the food was a joy to eat. If I had to rate the quality of the food in a Starcraft fashion, I would say it’s at minimum diamond level. Everyone basically sat down and made small chat, at least until the food showed up. It seemed the crowd eschews more towards older, professional types instead of being typical anime fans. One cool thing about the place is the free coat check, but be sure not to lose your ticket! I got there early by accident and ended up waiting at the bar for everyone else. The restaurant itself was divided with the actual restaurant on the first floor and a bar on the second. So if you’re at a karaoke bar and you want to sing a few English hits that Japanese people, depending on their age, will most likely recognize, these are the go-to songs.I didn’t want to take pictures of people, so I took pictures of the food instead… The top 20 song list below contains music spanning 50 years:
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