Maneki Dining Revew by Eric Tanaka
Maneki, located in the ID, is the place to go for Japanese grandmothers’ home cooking- good, cheap food. On my last visit, I went away from my standard order of sukiyaki and instead got the kame meshi (photo left), rice cooked with bbq eel in a special pot. The rice is steamed with the eel so it takes on the eel flavor. Delicious. They cook it to order, so it takes 30 minutes. There’s also a version with edamame and beer (photo right), but the eel was better. We also ordered the miso oyster Rockefeller and gooeyduck bata yaki with lemon, butter, and mushrooms. Make a reservation, you can’t just walk in anymore. Jean Nakayama, owner of the 100 year old restaurant, won an American Classics award from the James Beard Foundation in 2008.
RSS Subscribe
March 25th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
I LOVE Maneki. To me, this is one of a few places to get really homey Japanese food. Ochazuke and takoyaki- YUM!