Eating and drinking Japanese style

These read like my kind of place!
Now that sushi is sold in supermarkets and ramen has come to food courts, what next?

At Izakayas, Japanese Food Gets Informal - NYTimes.com: "Easy: izakayas. These informal Japanese restaurants have been opening at a rapid pace around the country, but most Americans haven’t figured them out yet. Where’s the sushi bar? What’s with the tiny portions? Is this Asian fusion tapas or what?

That’s the izakaya: easy to love, but hard to nail down. It’s friendlier than a French bar à vins, has more food choices than a Spanish tapeo, and takes itself less seriously than a British gastro pub.

But it makes the same point: drinking is primary; food is secondary; and if you’re doing it right, there will be hangovers."

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