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Cheese, $2 Salmon, $2.50 Tuna, $2.50 Cookies &
Think of this as an expertly Good news, this A large dry Cream, $1.50
fried fat mozzarella stick. morsel is not chunk of tuna Deep-fried Mars
The skewers here all sport overcooked even is unfortunately Bars are a thang;
a wonderfully crispy layer after being deep- made even drier deep-fried Oreos
THE FOOD of panko crumbs that’s fried. It’s crowd- from all the frying. should be shown
not too greasy and doesn’t pleasing fatty If you want better the door like day-
reek of stale oil. The subtly salmon with extra fried fish, we say old frying oil. Unless
milky cheese does not melt oomph from the order another you like soggy,
within its hot crumb coat, so crusty batter. Chase round of salmon slightly greasy
there’s still some bite. Good this down with a instead. cookies.
to gnaw on, but not terribly cold beer.
exciting.

Octopus, $2.50
This bland nugget
of Japanese
octopus is so
rubbery, we got
slight jaw ache
from chewing on
it. Skip.

Braised
Pork, $1.50
US pork is first
simmered in soy
sauce and dashi
before being
breaded and fried.
The pleasingly
crackly layer of
crumbs cloaks 8 DaYS
several savoury PICK
chunks of tender,
slightly fatty pork.
Worth the extra
calories.

Oyster, $2.50 Banana, $1.50 Scallop, $2.50 Bacon Cheese,
Oysters by themselves Hello, Japanese A trio of rather $2
can sometimes feel rather goreng pisang. The parched Hokkaido This iconic golden duo
slimy on the palate; if mushy texture of scallops hung out features deep-fried, fat-
you don’t like slippery bananas go better far too long in the streaked, salty bacon
molluscs, try this skewer with a light flour deep fryer. Not the topped with a chunky
similar to the popular batter instead of freshest scallops cube of mozzarella
Japanese dish kaki furai this rough panko we’ve tasted, either. cheese. It’s the perfect
(deep-fried panko oysters). crumbed version. izakaya grub for
It crunches delicately to Skip this ‘dessert’ soaking up alcohol.
the bite to reveal two fresh, skewer.
briny oysters.

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