Message: | Nanbankan always has good food but the table service is highly variable - eat at the counter if you can and you'll do very well. I still go there when I'm by myself or with a small party, but the wait for any party larger than four has always been interminable.
I just went to Teppan Kamizidori at the corner of Lomita and Crenshaw, which is my favorite yakitori place. The yakitori is excellent and they also serve okonomiyaki and other delights. The pepper beef that is listed as a secialty is served raw with a pepper sauce and is wonderful. We ordered it because we saw another party wolfing down grilled beef in pepper sauce, and later found that it was a different item. We ordered that too (it's listed as peppered steak), and it was excellent. The bill was moderate, too - a wide selection of items for two and a cup of premium sake each was $40.00.
There's something about a meal of yakitori that is so civilized, so encouraging of reflection on the delights of good food... Howzabout a Chowhound meeting for Yakitori? Would people be interested in a get-together?
I'd recomment the aforementioned Teppan Kamizidori but it is not particularly freeway-friendly... Are there enough Chowhounds in the South Bay/San Pedro axis to go with this one, or does anybody have a suggestion for another place that is more freeway-friendly and can take a group? I like Shin-Sen-Gumi but the place is kinda small, probably not suited to a dozen people in one party. Suggestions, anyone? |