Izakaya Toyo - Osaka Japan

The famous guy on Netflix’s Street Food who lights his cigarettes with the same blowtorch he uses to sear Tuna Cheeks. When I arrived at 5pm, this was the queue. The wait is approx 1-1.5hrs. If you are there at 5pm, you are already late. By the time you get a table, the best parts - fatty tuna and tuna cheeks will already be sold out. And if you want a picture with him, you have to be fast. He gets drunk by 7pm and he’s out. 

There is absolutely no culinary skills required here. Just affordable and fresh seafood offered in a casual open space. Quality street food is all it is. Pick up your own drinks from the ice box and they’ll count the empty bottles before you leave. Share a beer with your table mates and make new friends, the experience is multiplied in folds. Will I come back here to eat? Definitely not. There is nothing special here, and you have to queue for too long. 

Snow Crabs

Sea Grapes (Seaweed)

Fresh Scallops, Crab Meat and Spring Onions 

They ran out of the “More Fatty Tuna”. This piece had lots of sinews. 

It’s rare to get a seat in front of him.