chanto

The other night we tried a place called Chanto, an izakaya (bar/pub).

There were quite a number of groups having their Christmas parties there, so it was quite lively.

One thing we tried was their maguro avocado yukke-hoe, that yellow thing on top is supposed to be a runny egg yolk, but it was a bit overdone, so it didn't really match with the maguro and avocado.

We ended up leaving the egg yolk on the side and eating everything else.

The other thing we tried was this ball of kim chee.

It was filled with all sorts of seafood bits and some radish sprouts.

It is pretty impressive when it comes to the table, then the waitress takes kitchen shears and cuts it into fourths.

There were other items we tried and we thought the food here was nice but a bit overpriced.

And because it is a bar/pub, smoking is allowed, the group of men that were seated next to us decided to smoke before their meal arrived (which was in the midst of ours) and also decided to blow their smoke our way, well, until I gave them "the evil eye".

I really wish they would ban smoking in this country.

Anyway, we probably won't go back here (unless they lower their prices or do away with the smoking (and I don't think either will happen anytime soon)).

Chanto
Herbis Plaza B2
Phone: 06.6343.7116