A new employee has joined our company, and Brian and I took her to our new favourite izakaya (Japanese-style bar/pub) for dinner. Ryoba is quite a nice little chain resto-bar and we have been a few times for dinner (and a cold brew) after work since they opened a branch here in late February.
Whenever we go, we tend to order the same tasty (yet unhealthy) dishes: yakitori (grilled chicken kebab), kara-age (deep fried chicken chunks - pronounced ka-ra-ah-gay), and cheese-age (deep fried cheese sticks!). Last night, thanks to a fresh pair of eyes and the adventurous spirit of our new comer, we branched out a little and ordered sushi rolls (delicious!!) and, less usual, some "basashi", which is raw horse meat.
We'd had raw horse before, but still it is something of a rarity and therefore more special somehow. We just never really think about ordering this dish, and didn't even know that Ryoba carried it until I saw it advertised on a "hanging" menu above our table. When I mentioned it, our guest announced that she had tried it and quite liked it - and that was that!
Certainly raw horse and raw fish must be healthier than deep fried cheese...
1 comment:
An interesting food review but what about the new employee?
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