She's got work to do, dammit, so get off your bum and take a look at the daily specials lined up on the counter yourself. These might include the misnomered but still yummy taramosarada, which wound up being potato salad spiced with cod roe, or the decadent asupara bata - tender asparagus browned in gads of butter. We were especially fond of the tofu salad, huge earthy blocks of tofu surrounded by tomato, cucumber and shredded lettuce and topped with wakame, and tender chicken kara-age. And I don't even like meat. She dismissed it with a sneer.
Okinawa food is no good.
There are enough regions of the country represented to help you make up your own mind.