Hayato - ROW DTLA

He studied for that test. #Bruins

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Just visited again, still my favorite restaurant/meal :slight_smile: Highlights were the squid, bamboo, & scallop cake! So delicious :face_savoring_food::drooling_face::man_bowing:t4:

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“im going to kill you” is what brandon told us before trying to murder us with delicious food and rice. that’s the kind of A+ food and hospitality you can expect at la’s best restaurant. no pro bang banging, guaranteed.

highlights

  • hamaguri
  • mehikari
  • kobashira
  • sakura ebi tempura
  • sakura ebi donabe
  • seared sawara
  • aori ika
  • grilled kinki, onions
  • scallop shinjo
  • baby corn

review forthcoming @SithLord @562?

sakizuke: hamaguri clams, fava beans

hokkaido hairy crab

charcoal grilled mehikari

kobashira and spring vegetable kimi-su ae

sakura ebi tempura

seared sawara with tosa-zu jelly

shinogi: kasugodai bo-zushi

owan: shiro amadai

otsukuri: aori ika, kochi

steamed abalone

charcoal grilled kinki, roasted onion

local spot prawns, tokyo turnip

panko crusted baby corn

nabe: scallop shinjo, wakame

karasumi gohan

nodoguro rice pot with shell peas

sakura ebi gohan

x6

local peaches in sake jelly

harry’s berries with kinako cream

fin

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Damn… that looks nice. The two rice dishes look good.

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Wow I’ve never had two gohans before. Wait…three!?

It all looks immaculate! The pickles are a work of art!

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I did not see the third gohan. Wow! Can I get an invite next time?

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R.I.P. @PorkyBelly

How many rice bowl kills did you walk out with?

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not gonna lie, the nabe was a mic drop! i still dream about it to this day. That was my favorite dish of the night. It just melted in your mouth. I had to close my eyes to take in the texture and flavors. He said he’s been doing it for 5 months?!?

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Two different gohans side by side? You are so lucky…

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got murdered with 7 bowls of rice (3 nodoguro, 3 sakura ebi, 1 karasumi)

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how was the sakura ebi?

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Really?? :backhand_index_pointing_down:

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it was a rice way to die.

ill see myself out.

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… And if a double gohan muss,
kills the Belly of us,
To die by his rice, is such a heavenly way to die.

—lyrics from J_L’s rendition of “There is an appetite that never goes out”

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maybe it’s because i haven’t had the sakura ebi gohan at hayato before but i liked it more than the nodoguro.
the combination of the salty, concentrated shrimp flavor and the crunchy texture was really comforting. i could have eaten six bowls of just that.

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