7pm in Tokyo - Yakitori

err im going to one after dreaded finals lol and it will probably take 5 years out of my life

I absolutely love Yakitori!
I always have it when i go to the japanese restaurants with my friends!

but they don't look like the one you went to :( I would love that kind of place! it's exciting like barbecue ^_^

I want to try that I will but I dont know when =(

would it be similar to kabab? kabab does not have any bone pieces though and is finely ground meat i think. we get spicy seasoned kabab here which is mouth watering. :slurp:

more chicken for the day it seems...Have eaten so much chicken today for lunch, then for dinner and then so more and now i find this some chicken in DC ^^, what a coincidence...

Just in time to wet my appetite for lunch.

Seems a bit like Kebabs except with chicken in stead of beef, do they add onion pepper and tomato etc to the Skwewers/sticks.

I must say, food on a stick is the best.

Oh dear god Danny, I just had dinner and you're making me hungry again (and I'm broke) XD

I feel hungry all of a sudden for some reason... ^_^

Argh.. Yesterday I had this with some of my comrades. ^^;;

I pick one up no and then whenever I visit Chinatown. Goes great with hot sauce!

That looks so good! I cant wait to try that this summer!

We have this all the time when we go to Japanese restaurants. Makes for a good appetizer. I like it with pineapple, but usually it comes with leeks.

YOSH! I LOVE Yakitori with SHISHITO peppers!! :P

Mmmm...Yakotori. I remember having yakotori on a few occasions in Japan. It's good, traditional, and relatively simple. Honestly does taste quite good for what it is, a bunch of meat/vegetables on sticks with some seasoning (although not much). I get the feeling that I'd be eating yakitori everyday if I lived in Japan just because of the sheer convenience (meat on a stick, you can't tell me that's not convenient).

I've noticed that Japanese restaurants usually have a counter area. The only places I've seen like that in the U.S. are bars.

I've never had it before but it looks really tasty O.O

There is one yakitori place inside the Japanese market in our area which is not that bad. But I should actually try it while I'm in Japan for authentic yakitori :)

i bought a small electric yakitori grill from Tokyu Hands earlier this year but it short-circuited when I plugged it in back home in Singapore. :(

mmm, yakitori is good. I think it is a little expensive though. I wonder how much it costs in Japan. Anyone know?

焼き鳥が好きです。
Of course, the best yakitori was in Tokyo, Ebisu Imaiya.
Had chicken sashimi there, too. おいしかったです。

Looking at the picture made me feel hungry... I guess it's time to go hunt for food!

I want one. Danny airmail me some. =P

That yakitori looks really good! >.< Wish I knew some place to go get some.
That owner must be pretty trusting to let you eat first and pay after. O_O

Looks delicious! I need to get my hands on some of this stuff!

Looks absolutely delicious! ^^

Yakitori is okay~ I'm not too much of fan. :P It's pretty easy to eat on the go, though.

Perfect, looking at those photos has me hungry :(!

That looks tasty, I'd love to taste some yakitori, now to see if any of the Japanese restaurants in the city offer this.

oishii food ^o^

*drool* Wow, that looks really good. >.>

Yeah baby! Yakitori iz good! XD

they look really good...I suspect that those would taste a lot better than the measly looking ones I had once...

Wahh, I haven't had yakitori in ages x_x

I prefer Satay chicken to yakitori personally. The sauce is better too... Man, I haven't had authentic Indonesian Satay chicken for a long time now >_<

I really wanted yakitori when i was in japan, but most forms of it aren't strictly speaking meat, and I'm not a fan of livers, cartilage, etc. Give me good old fashioned white meat any day.

The video cued my stomach to growl, even though I've already eaten.

I ate the best yakitori in Iseya clore from Kichijoji st ever!!!

I have the sudden urge for BBQ...

Have it and loved every single bite I took in.

Yakitori really sounds and looks like Malaysian Sate which is also bits of chicken on a stick but by the looks of the picture the chicken pieces is bigger than out Sate

I have had it, it is outrageously delicious... watching that video makes me want some...

I've had it and it's really nice ... but I should have left this article to look at until later as now I've got to go food shopping and I haven't had breakfast yet ... and I'm starving ..,

Chicken is my life.... XD :P

one of my husband's favourite ^o^ Mmmmmmm ^o^

oh, it looks delicious!

I mostly make my own yakitori and many think it is heaven, which pleases me^^
But I would definitely love to try those!

Looks delicious, I can smell it from the video too

I guess it's only in Japan where they can have open stalls where people just take it and pay after eating. I doubt anyone would from there. But, it does look delicious, probably get one with some vege on it need a mixed diet!

Ahh it looks soooo nice.

Hmm, just like satay. :d

uwahhhh.. oishii desu ne..........!!!.....

looks very delicious!

Oishii so much better than Shashlik!!

That looks really tasty, now I want to try it...

Tasty indeed. Does that system of paying work? It puts an awful lot of faith in the customers...over here people would probably not come back after grabbing some ^^;

Damn. I'm soo hungry now...

that looks soo good

Wow. That paying system actually works?! It will never work over here xD

want to try it looks quite tasty to me.

that looks really yummy ^^ I would like to try it in one of those stalls. I usually order it when I go to japanese restaurants but I don't think it's quite the same.

arghhhh irresistible they are! it's always difficult for me to resist buying one of those sticks back over here in singapore. Their chicken balls are excellent ^^.

I like yakitori, over here we need to pay before eat ^^;

Wow, you eat before you pay? Do they have any problems with people running off without paying for their food?

Looks absolutely delicious! Now I'm hungry...

Anything on a stick tastes better IMO.

mmmmm yakitori!

Looks so good! ^^
Can't wait to go and eat some! :3

Usually one of the staples of the all-you-can-eat sushi places I frequent. Only had it once in Japan however, and never from any open grills.

Yakitori is awesome :) However, my favourite japanese food is still sashimi and japenese curry rice ! xD

Mmm, yakitori sure is good.

I'm really hungry right now. That picture really doesn't help.

me want some yakitori =(

Looks yum ^_^. Anyone know a good place that sells it in london??

My wife and I were staying in Shibuya recently. After a long day out exploring Tokyo, we asked the receptionist at our hotel if she could recommend a nearby restaurant. She told us of a nice Yakitori place up the street and if we wanted to go she would take us to check it out. So off my wife went with the pretty receptionist to check it out. A few minutes later she comes back to get me with a grin on her face and off we go.

After a short walk we descend some steps to a tiny basement restaurant crammed with people. The owner - a small older lady - had reserved two seats for us at the bar surrounding the grill. We squeezed into our seats. We were the only non-Japanese people in the place. It was loud and very hot from the nearby grill. The head chef behind the grill would shout out in a booming voice every time somebody entered - Irashai... and the rest of the wait staff would follow Irashaimase!!!! People came down the steps to wait in line. It was clearly a popular place.

We stayed for what seemed like a long time and ordered lots of small items from the menu. All styles of chicken, beef and vegetables. The food was delicious and the atmosphere was exciting. It felt like we were getting a taste of the real Japan.

I can't wait to get back to Shibuya so I can go there again.

I loved it sooo much that when i came home from Japan, i took a big flower pot (and i mean a pretty darn big one), filled it with sand and put a grill plate on it....heat some coals up and throw them in the flower pot and make my own yakitori....the the mini-japanese garden i built on the side of the house! chimes and japanese maple tree and all! :-)

I love yakitori.. it can be quite filling all by it's own.

I like chicken yakitori.

yummy! yakitori ftw <3

*drools all over keyboard*

I really want to try it. It sounds delicious =D

Hmmmm.... all this food pictures are making me hungry lol
feel like going down stairs to the neaar by mall to get some too ^.^