eating-neko: shokudo japanese restaurant
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
after a long extended wait, i finally got to visit shokudo japanese restaurant last friday with BV. shokudo is located on kapiolani blvd near ala moana shopping center and serves good izakaya food in a bright and trendy atmosphere. the crowd was pact on friday and i was famished waiting for a table and my guest. we started off with 2 bottles of un-filtered sake and then proceeded to order too much food. we had the sear-it-yourself fresh sword fish, the not-so-special steak, the awesome chicken karaage with tartar sauce, a mediocre raw potato salad, and a pretty good rainbow sushi row. we missed out on the unagi rice dish that seems to be very popular with the crowds here. the serving sizes were quite big (to my surprise), and the 5 dishes eventually overwhelmed us. overall, i loved the atmosphere and the service was ok, but the food was good but not great. i did not find any true must-eat dishes here to my disappointment. maybe it was my stuffy-head cold? i must definitely give this place another shot in the near future... kampai!
