When talking of spitted, or foods in brochette, Yakitori immediately comes
to mind as a famous dish in Japan, but there is another delicious food
called Kushiage. While Yakitori is a broiled Chicken on wooden skewers,
Kushiage is a deep-fried  food on the same little twig. Astounding variety of materials are deep-fried with Kushiage. With its' deep gold hue and the crispness of the crust, Kushiage is very much as delicious as Yakitori. The restaurant we introduce you this time is "Kushinobo 1950" located in Roppongi Hills, it's one of a chain restaurant of old standing "Kushinobo", and may be because of its' location in Roppongi, the restaurant name is indicated by alphabet (not by Japanese character, Kanji), seemingly demonstrating the restaurant's eagerness of promoting their traditional taste to all over the world, not self satisfied with Japanese customers only. The menu of Kushiage is very simple, you just choose the number of Kushiage in advance or "Omakase" (it's served until you stopped). As Kushiage has breadcrumbs coating, you cannot see what is inside, but every time a hot Kushiage  is served to you, the clerk explains the ingredients. You can enjoy a lot
of different kinds of Kushiage made of seafood, meat, or vegetables, such
as a shrimp wrapped with a perilla-leaf (shiso), or a small cubed beef,
or potato spiced with curry powder... etc. In some cases, a whole asparagus
is deep-fried (not spitted): it's unique and impressive. And this asparagus
is not just deep-fired but it's wrapped with bacon so the bacon imparts
a moderate salty taste to asparagus. A pleasant surprise under that seemingly
innocent breadcrumbs coating.Besides Kushiage, they serve many kinds of delicious drinks, so give your taste buds a mild shock at "Kushinobo 1950", a wonderful place for eating and drinking.  Kushinobo 1950Tel. . 03-5771-0094 5F West-walk Roppongi Hills, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo (About 3 minutes on foot from Roppongi of Hibiya line or Ohedo line Subway) |
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