Honda Ya Japanese Restaurant

• Cuisine(s): Japanese
  Hours: Daily 5:30pm-1am
  Price: $$$
• Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash
  Features: Takeout, Kid Friendly
  Serving: Dinner, Late Night
• Alcohol: Beer/Wine, BYOB
  Reservations: Accepted
  Parking: Lot Available, Street

Description

Slip off your shoes and sit cross-legged in the tatami room for that authentic Richard Chamberlain-in-Shogun experience, even if your legs lose circulation before the food arrives. And then order like you've never seen a teriyaki bowl before. The list is long and illustrious. Just about everything Honda Ya grills, steams, stir-fries, deep-fries and stews is a buffer for the ample amount of Japanese ales and sakes you'll throw back with the abandon of a salaryman after a hard day. Yakitori is the specialty of the house, a subset of the kushiyaki that threads onto wooden skewers every part of the chicken, from neck to tail. Gizzards squeak like edible plastic; dark meat is paired with scallions. All are flipped ever-so-carefully just slightly above white-hot coals called bincho tan, a premium fuel that that imprints on the morsels a smoky carbon sweetness.