Behind the wall of wood panels that hides a mouth-watering treasure trove of skewered chicken giblets, my favorite...tasty chicken hearts, flavorful slices of beef tongue, chicken meat (wings ARE the best), chicken butt (yes you heard me, butt!), juicy shitake mushrooms and bacon-wrapped cherry tomatoes (which guys, tomatoes prevent prostate cancer and this skewer is awesome).

This is my go-to spot for yakitori...Asashi and Kirin. Also, yummy, their plum wine that comes with a big block of ice...

(and awesome, buttery, chicken brothy fried rice, friend chicken, ramens not bad, their grilled mackeral is excellent - though not for you 'lao wai's' that can't handle fish bone)

The atmosphere is Japanese, although the staff is Chinese they are obviously fluent in Japanese. Everything is shouted, or screeched at the top of their lungs...these girls are pretty amazing-a group of what 6 waitresses squeezing between the cramped space of boisterously drunk Japanese salarymen, Shanghainese whitecollars and the good numbers of Taiwanese that frequent here. The menu is offered in Chinese and Japanese, so lao wai, if you can read it props to you, I have trouble reading the menu sometimes too...

(too loud for a first date, great if you're by yourself)

Anyway, one word of caution. WATCH YOUR HEAD. That sliding mini-door to get into the restaurant is a good foot long.. which is somewhere around 12 inches thick....24 cm thick. = KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN until you're completely inside the restaurant or completely outside of it or you'll have one huge bump on the top of your head... trust me.. took me a good 6 bumps to stop and that's only when I'm sober enough to remember.