Shinsengumi Yakitori

Okay, so I have eaten here HOW MANY TIMES?! and I finally remembered to bring my camera XD But before I start talking about the food, what is yakitori?

Yakitori is a Japanese type of skewered grilled bite sized pieces 0f chicken or offals, usually barbequed over charcoal. Usually seasoned with salt or a tare (soy based) sauce.

May 28th, dinner at Shinsengumi Shabu Shabu/Yakitori in Monterey Park.

111 N. Atlantic Blvd., #248
Monterey Park, Ca, 91754
(626) 943-7956

Outside of the restaurant - giant Sumo and a TV that talks about the ramen, which they do not serve here

Place setting - plate, napkin, and wet nap

Happy hour: M-Th 6:00-8:00 PM, $1 Sapporo beer; Pitcher $5

$1 beer - KANPAI - CHEERS

I don't usually buy beer, so this deserved a picture.

So to start, we ordered some appetizer things from the menu.

Tuna carpaccio topped with thinly sliced onions and salad greens - $7.80
Seared Tuna with salad dressing and some veggies. I thought it had a refreshing taste. The onions were very thinly sliced and had a very mild flavor and very sparse salad greens. There could have been less dressing. My sister thought it was just tuna with dressing and my mom wanted the tuna to be fattier.

Agedashi tofu - $4 something
Fried tofu in a soy based sauce. There is grated ginger and daikon on the side topped with green onions, seaweed, and bonito. Very tasty.

And then...TO THE GRILL!

Asparagus wrapped in pork belly - $3
Crisp asparagus with pork belly (like BACON)

Chicken thigh and onion - Shio and Sauce - $2.50
Thigh meat (or dark meat) is so tender and paired with green onions?! nom nom

Yaki onigiri - $2
The outside is like eating the stuck on rice on a hot pot and the inside is like piping hot rice. So simple, but really amazingly tasty. The special onigiri has chirimen in it.

Crispy chicken skin - YUM - $2.50
Yeah some of you might think it sounds gross, but I love this stuff XD I will only eat chicken skin on wings and drummets and like this XD

Ox tongue and flap meat - $2.50
Ox tongue is fatty, but delicious and grilled?! OMG yum. add some shichimi on that and the flap...*DROOLS*

Enoki mushrooms wrapped with pork belly - $3
Could have used more enoki. I was only tasting the pork belly, but it was still good...just lacking on the enoki

Grilled shitake mushrooms - $3
Why are these so delicious grilled O_o

And lastly, dessert!

green tea creme brulee
Creamy and delicious. You would think that the green tea would not work with it, but it was really good and not powdery like you might expect.

Overall, very tasty and fun! It is pricey so be prepared to spend $50+ for 2 people and $100+ for 3, since the skewers are small and you can eat a lot XD