Saturday evening, Bubba invited me out for a dinner date and we found ourselves trotting to Little Tokyo –one of our favorite places to get an authentic Japanese meal. Instead of visiting Urameshiya again, Izakaya Kikufuji was our target that evening.
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The dining space at Kikufuji is quite spacious with the sushi bar slash open kitchen right smack at the center of the restaurant. The place was brimming with people, a lot were Japanese but I noticed that crowd also composed of Filipinos and we spotted eye candy Georgina Wilson.
On the Table
Spicy Tuna Salad PHP 252
I love the tuna cutlets that tasted fresh and were coated beautifully with Japanese mayo that has a tinge of heat.
Katsu Ju-Bako Mono PHP 350
Bubba never fails to order Katsudon and I can’t stop complaining when he does because it bores me to death. This time though, I purposely picked Kikufuji for Bubba to be able to order his favorite since they serve really good Katsudon.
It’s quite expensive at PHP 300++ but the breaded porkchop was quite substantial with thick pieces of pork meat. Richard said it’s better to go during lunch time since they give you appetizer and side dishes with your rice meals. Bubba loved his Katsudon order at Kikufuji and was glad that there was Tonkatsu sauce readily available on the table that he didn’t have to ask for one. Yes, he takes his Katsudon order with extra Tonkatsu sauce always on the side. Then why not order Tonkatsu? My thoughts egg-zactly! 😉
Bubba was quite surprised that I didn’t eat much. My appetite lately is quite weird actually. I feel like eating and I don’t feel like eating. After Kikufuji, we passed by the Japanese grocery store but the mongo bean ice cream that he had before was not available. We walked around Little Tokyo checking out the menus of the restaurants there.
At one point, I was tempted to eat Takoyaki and Okonomiyaki from Kagura but since Bubba was already full, decided to save it for another date.
Izakaya Kikufuji
2277 Pasong Tamo, Makati City
(632) 893 7319/ (632) 893 6131
Open for lunch and dinner
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I recently ate here as well! 🙂 Hope you’ll regain your appetite again. I loved the food in Kikufuji!
katsudon!! yum!! 🙂
Janey!!!
DH loves the food here! But I don’t like the big mouth sushi chef lol Ang ingay full of complaints
the night night we had our dinner there. Eh nasa sushi bar pa man din kami so nadinig namin lahat lol
xoxo
MrsM
I love Little Tokyo! Kikufuji’s a popular watering hole for pinoy yuppies. 🙂 And their lunch chirashi bowls are the best (which for some reason are more reasonably “packed” vs. priced during lunch).
Oh, and I’m glad you know of Kagura too! 🙂 Japanese Pizza is love! 🙂