#yatay

[onejamtart]

OJT EATS | Yatay

One of the more prime spots on Wardour street right by the corner of Gerrard Street has been taken up by a modern izakaya called Yatay for a while now.  Having heard very good things about it from a friend of mine, we decided to head on down on the first time they opened on a Monday.

This first dish was the midori togarashi.  These were massive padron peppers in a garlicky soy sauce that was deliciously moreish.  It was a really nice twist on the usual padron peppers starter.

These were called “dirty fries” on the menu but were actually fried gyoze skins with a jalapeno mayo.  I think I’d still have preferred potato fries but these were a tasty little starter.  The mayo was nice without being spicy and the skins weren’t pretty light and crispy.

We tried a few of the different skewers on the menu.  This was the Eringi mushrooms.  They came with a drizzle of miso butter on them but were really meaty tasting and grilled to perfection.

Skewers of chicken thigh with scallions and chilli powder.  The chicken was tender and juicy with a nice smokiness to it; really good!

These may have been my favourite skewers of the whole meal.  Baby octopus with a smoked apricot salsa.  I wasn’t expecting apricot salsa to go so well with octopus but the sweet and smoky sauce really complemented the octopus.

Now for some carbs: a charred sweet potato with cream cheese on top.  I really enjoyed this dish as well.  The sweet potato was lovely and soft and the cream cheese amazingly smooth.  The crispy garlic on top provided a great little bit of crunch; a great dish!

This last dish is the kinoko gohan.  It’s mushroom rice topped with crispy shallots and a poached egg.  The rice was a tiny bit overcooked and a little mushy but the shallots provided some much needed crunch.

All in all, this was a really nice meal.  I was very pleasantly surprised by the skewers and for a restaurant deep in tourist territory, the food was good!

Yatay, 22 Wardour St, London W1D 6QQ

Cheers, JL

[mynahh266]

Random doodles

[darikbelochka]

Shhh, they’re on a date

[tanuki-kimono]

Fantastic hikizuri (trailing kimono, probably a maiko's considering the sode-age sleeves tucks and pattern) depicting all-seasons sceneries & festivals.

[teuzmoonlit]

— 休みの日はこんな感じでたくさん食べて酔ってます🙌🏻✨ 🍜🍶

[gommette]

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[daka-d3monb0y]

I finally looked through the unrealised SIG games. Best decision of my life.

⚠️NOT MINE. EVERYTHING YOU SEE BELOW BELONGS TO RACHAELDRAWSTHIS⚠️

I LOVE IT

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[shiverdawn]

would anyone interact if i made a s-01-ver bullet rp account /gq

[likeanatlas]

First up for the Yakuza 5 city maps: Nagasugai in Fukuoka. Do you like yatai? And running up and down very long streets? Then Nagasugai is the place for you.

As always, download the hi-res file from the direct link below for best results:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4kw6b0rlouwvl8dtflok2/nagasugai_2012_V1-0.png?rlkey=yrfui758oo3im18spfe85i38t&dl=0

[multifandomsillies]

can anyone point me to sig discord servers if they have any (official and fan)? i left it and i lost the link :(

[tipsynaga]

Yatai! 🍱🍜🍥🍺🍽️ this build inspired by watching hours of those yatai cart set-up videos

[david6of7]

Chef Brian

#davidvelez #david6of7 #peoplephotography #originalcontent #chef #cooking #chefbrian #yatai #cooking #japanese

[mynahh266]

My sigverse opinion chart (antag is now blue-green, celeste is now green yellow,

[darikbelochka]

Happy birthday, majima!!!

[tanuki-kimono]

From our recent event of the fourth of July in the USA, I was also thinking of Japan's summer festivals. Besides yukata, are there kimonos that have festival themes like fireworks, festival decorations/sceneries, specific patterns, specific colors, etc.?

Japanese traditional culture is all about celebrating seasonality so indeed summer matsuri themed patterns are pretty common on summery items :)

(note that I used summer here in the Western sense of July/August. Traditional Japanese summer goes from something like May to July)

Yukata+kimono+obi+uchiwa are a staple, you can also find happi (tube sleeves coats) but those tend to bear mon (crests) and auspicious kanji.

Other festival garments count for example yosakoi (type of dance groups) uniforms, but those are more performance oriented. Otherwise, what would be a matsuri without fundoshi loincloth ;) (see how to tie one here)

On the top of my head, summer festival patterns can include (please note some are not summer only):

hanabi (fireworks)

dashi/yatai (parade float), used during processions. Mikoshi (portable shrine) is theorically possible but I don't remember seeing such a pattern

kingyo (goldfishes), kingyosukui is a popular summer game

fuurin (windchimes), often sold at matsuri

men (masks), most often kitsune or tengu but many more exist

toys, like dendendaiko (rattle drum) for ex.

matoi (firemen poles), brigades often present acrobatic shows in summer

chouchin (paper lantern), also see Obon below

etc.

Japan holds a myriad matsuri all across the country, each with their own traditions. But big celebrations often have related patterns:

Tanabata has stars, bamboo, tanzaku, magpies, ox, etc.

Obon has lanterns, cucumber, eggplant, death themed motifs (like nozarashi or graveplates), nod to Kyoto's Daimonji kanji, etc.

Famous festivals also have their own imagery (yamaboko float for Gion matsuri ex.).

As for colors, scarlet red is often found on matsuri decors, and indigo blue is a classical summer color (yukata were once dyed with it), but tbh any can be used nowadays :)

[teuzmoonlit]

My favorite place, where I eat well, drink a lot, laugh a lot and don't need to dress well ❤️✨

- And what is your favorite place?