Hayato - ROW DTLA

[PorkyBelly]

I’m not going to bury the lede: former-two-star-no-toto hayato is now future-three-star-yes-toto hayato.

hayato is now an automatic 3 star and worth a special journey. let’s face it, an american standard toilet ain’t gonna cut it.
can we get a hayato toto nft please?

toto neorest 700h

shout-out to @CiaoBob and @chrishei for the great night

sakizuke - live santa barbara spot prawns, tosazu jelly, shiso blossoms, fava beans

(new) agemono (kakiage tempura) - corn, mitsuba, hokkaido scallop

(new) seared tairagai ushio-jiru, pea leaves

takenoko

boiled in water with rice vinegar to get rid of any bitterness, simmered in dashi and light soy sauce and then charred over the fire with dark soy sauce. eat the other leaves like an artichoke.

(world premiere) shinogi - hokkaido uni, nori tsukudani, fresh wasabi, soy sauce

(og encore appearance) owan - dungeness crab suimono, kani miso, fish paste, dashi

so glad this one is back

(new) seared hatsu katsuo, ginger, shiso, myoga, salt

sake steamed abalone, abalone stock cubes, abalone liver sauce, wasabi

in-n-out secret menu - animal style

binchotan grilled hokkaido kinki, binchotan roasted maui onion

tempura anago, dashi ankake, ginger juice

loved how super crisp and crunchy the batter was

spring nabe (wakatakeni) - amadai, wakame, takenoko, kinome leaves

skin was first grilled and then the bottom steamed in dashi. kinome and takenoko

karasumi

(world premiere) nodoguro gohan, miso soup, cucumber, turnip, myoga

just listen to the sound of the fat dripping on the binchotan while this is cooking.

x4

sorry you couldn’t try any Brandon

harry’s berries gaviota strawberries, kinako whipped cream

yuki’s wasanbon

matcha
not shown - yuki-roasted hojicha tea and uji sencha tea

fin

[CiaoBob]

The best of my 4 meals there and that’s saying something because the others were incredible. Last night was incerdibler.
The starship toto was clearly the highlight but it is hard to stop thinking of end of season bamboo, amadai wakame (with sansho leaves!), anago, kinky onion (not hungry onion), bonito and that crab ball and spot prawns. Such lovely late spring flavors.

[Sgee]

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@PorkyBelly

hayato is now an automatic 3 star and worth a special journey. let’s face it, an american standard toilet ain’t gonna cut it.
can we get a hayato toto nft please?

toto neorest 700h

[Clayfu]

fun! One of my good friends (Victor) was there last night too. Posted a similar pic of Yuki. Good crowd!!

[PorkyBelly]

yep fun night, your name came up a couple times

[PorkyBelly]

@CiaoBob

kinky onion

something I should know about?

[J_L]

Fuuuudge.

[PorkyBelly]

early summer menu with @hppzz out on his cheat meal.

sakizuke - live santa barbara spot prawns, tosazu jelly, shiso blossoms

agemono (kakiage tempura) - brentwood corn, mitsuba, hokkaido scallop

(new) hyogo prefecture aji, nori tsukudani, udo, fava beans

(new) yaki nasu, shredded ginger, dashi

shinogi - kasugodai bozushi, shiso rice, lemon, salt, green yuzu, wasabi

owan - oregon dungeness crab suimono, kani miso, kabu, dashi

sashimi - seared hatsu katsuo, ginger, chives, myoga, salt

sake steamed abalone, abalone stock cubes, abalone liver sauce, wasabi

animal style

binchotan grilled hokkaido kinki, binchotan roasted maui onion

the best damn fish dish in the city, i said it.

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(new) hamo katsu

McHamo?

nabe - amadai, mizuna, fiddlehead ferns, shiitake mushrooms, tokyo negi

chinmi - karasumi

beautiful example of kintsugi
stolen from @hppzz

nagasaki nodoguro and kinome gohan, miso soup, cucumber, turnip, myoga, hojicha tea

one of these things is not like the others

x3*

*artificially deflated because of brandon’s discriminatory serving technique.

harry’s berries gaviota strawberries, kinako whipped cream

uji sencha

ken’s top notch white nectarines

matcha

yuki’s wasanbon

fin

a bang bang with kato was perfect

amazake swizzle

sea urchin donut, iberico ham, brown butter

boba, boniato yam, cheese

[hppzz]

Only @chrishei has cheat meals … except with me

The ceramics is a major part of the enjoyment at hayato. He’s just as passionate with it as it he is with the food. each vessel has a story.

[TheCookie]

Love it.

[beam]

Going tonight! Super exciting as it has been exactly one year since our last visit to Hayato.

[PorkyBelly]

a kato hayato bang bang would be perfect.

[beam]

IF I get out of the office early enough and the traffic is not murderous (it had been ok this week), definitely have aspirations for at least a cocktail at Kato before Hyato. Doubt I will have it in me to do Kato after Hayato.

[PorkyBelly]

@beam

Doubt I will have it in me to do Kato after Hayato.

kato will be closed by the time you’re done with hayato so you don’t have to worry about that.

[hamburgertuesday]

Just to be clear, is everybody using bots for Tock reservations now? Signed on at 10AM for the last 2mo release and everything was gone in literally one second. Only way I’ve been able to get a legit seat there is waitlisting + mentioning I work in industry.

[PorkyBelly]

I suspect some are, I noticed they put this disclaimer on their tock page recently. also it doesn’t help that there’s an extremely low supply to begin with 7 seats x 5 nights a week x 4 = 140 seats a month. I think only sawa at 6 seats a night has less.

The use of bots, scripts, and alternative methods of booking reservations is a violation of the Tock Terms of Use, and individuals who engage in such activity will have their reservation cancelled and permanently restricted.

[PorkyBelly]

I also blame @lafoodie

[lafoodie]

Driving is too costly for me to go anywhere.

Also my thumbs are fast. I probably won’t be heading out to LA unless Bento comes back

[rohto]

It’s virtually impossible to get a res. I’ve been on right as they release for the last 6 months and haven’t even whiffed a single seat let alone a pair of seats.

[hamburgertuesday]

I highly suspect they don’t actually care. They get paid either way, right? Even if they are banning accounts, you could just make a new email address/Google phone number/etc. and keep doing it.