text: We saw the open late banners off the street and just stumbled I have a penchant for late nights and Bf has a penchant for izakayas nnThis is in the same plaza as the TAM place When I asked my bf Where in relationship to TAM is it he answered Its next to the Greek restaurant You are retarded Its between TAM and the Greek restaurant in the crotch of the Lshaped building nnWe were the only ones in the restaurant the whole time except for when another young couple came in to order take out trying to move in on our territory We felt like kings nnWe did the allyoucaneat like true American swine The AYCE at was a little overpriced The menu items ranged from and averaged maybe So we calculated we had to order items between the two of us omg cake walk nnThe dishes are small izakaya style My favorites nnSalmon shioyaki So perfectly cooked It looked dry when she dropped it But when we broke it open it was perfectly moist on the inside Nice and fatty So tender and delicate on the inside with a slightly chewy outside nnYellowtail kama collar shioyaki We kept forgetting to order this but it finally dropped at the end of the meal Dessert Like the salmon shioyaki it was perfectly tender and fatty The meat was so yummy and complimented by an occasional blast of salt from the rub on the skin nnShishamo Pregnant smelt We ordered three orders of this one order three smelt Pungent fish like saba mackerel pregnant with masago smelt egg get it nnNimono nishime Nimono literally means boiled things Boiled veggies in a fish dashi This is comfort food for me nnnEverything else we ordered nnSashimi Small ahi yellowtail and salmon cuts see pictures nnTempura nnWafu yakiniku Like teriyaki steak Drenched nnBBQ short ribs Really tender and tasty but the sauce seemed packaged nnSaba shioyaki nnUnagi kabayaki Too much eel sauce This is a huge steak I think I only like unagi in moderation nnShrimp karaage nnKinpira gobo nnThere were a lot of items we wanted to try but the mamasan had not ordered some ingredients yet She told us this was the first night they were open late with the izakaya menu We could not get the ozoni senma tatsutaage or mentaiko nnWe also got two tall Asahis and a cold sake If you order a cold sake you get a wine glass half full for It you want a hot there are two sizes nnI felt like I was in someone is home The mamasan took some time to chat with us She is part Okinawan and gave us a little rundown on things The food was not Okinawan though It was straight up Japanese comfort food I have ate dinner at my high school friends grandmas house hundreds of times and we ate the same things as at Kikuhana nnBefore tip the tab was for the two of us nn off the strip noncasino