SHIRA KIKU – My First Japanese & Korean Experience
I was very happy to oblige when my brother in-law suggested we go out to a Korean restaurant. I had yet to eat Korean food and I had been dying to try it. Okay so technically i twas Japanese and Korean, but I was excited because my sister, Kerri and her husband, Scott said this place was awesome and they didn’t mind going two weekends in a row.
We arrived at Shira Kiku on a Saturday night a little after 8 o’clock. I believe we had the same waitress as they did the previous weekend. She was extremely outgoing and friendly and made us feel very welcome! It was nice to have such an involved waitress who seemed to actually care that we enjoyed our time there and our meal.
After studying the menu for several minutes, we decided on some sushi for an appetizer and we were finally ready to place our orders for our entrees.
We didn’t order this, this is what is brought to you automatically, which is pretty impressive in my opinion. Okay I can’t remember what everything was, but I can tell you what type of food it was. Starting on the left, there were pickles, covered in something spicy, in the middle, was some kind of egg thing, on the right was tofu, on the upper right were black beans, then the top dish was turnip and on the left hand side were bean sprouts. It was all delicious and I couldn’t believe this was brought out complimentary.
We ordered two kinds of Maki Rolls for an appetizer and for the life of me I cannot remember what the first one was and of course I forgot to take a picture. Maybe it was spicy tuna? Anyway, our second rolls were YAMI YAMI, Japanese sweet potato & cucumber and they were freakin fabulous! Sorry for the blurry picture.
I, of course ordered a drink to go with my meal, since I just spent hours and hours traveling that day. I got a Hawaiian Mai Tai and it was so perfectly made! Mmm, I would go back just for that drink.
This comes with a barely cooked egg on top, you can barely see it underneath there, but apparently when they have time and aren’t busy, they will crack the egg fresh at your table. They then come around and stir your pot up, which allows the egg to cook completely and it becomes mixed in with the rest of the pot.
I can’t remember exactly what Scott ordered, but it was definitely one of the hottest things on the menu. I tried a bite and it was delicious, just like the rest of our food.
