{"id":30,"date":"2011-05-10T07:18:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T07:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laurelraab.com\/?p=30"},"modified":"2011-05-10T07:21:54","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T07:21:54","slug":"food-adventure-yakiniku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"Food Adventure- Yakiniku!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Kelsey and Jim were visiting, Dan and I took the opportunity to explore some new restaurants in the area.  We decided to try some new yakiniku restaurants.  <\/p>\n<p>Yakiniku translates simply to grilled meat.  Yakiniku restaurants sit you at a table or booth with a grill in the middle, and you order an assortment of raw meats.  Some places have tabehoudai, meaning all you can eat meat.  Pair that with nomihodai, all you can drink, and it&#8217;s a night of feasting and enjoying different drinks popular in Japan.  We found a delicious restaurant near the house that had tabehoudai for $40\/person, and nomihodai for $10\/person.  They gave us an hour and a half.  Needless to say, we indulged!<br \/>\nSome places have tables where you sit on the floor instead of a chair, with your legs crossed and barefoot<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s26.photobucket.com\/albums\/c131\/pinkloo\/?action=view&amp;current=227266_10150170469901372_684541371_7262060_5280497_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i26.photobucket.com\/albums\/c131\/pinkloo\/227266_10150170469901372_684541371_7262060_5280497_n.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><br \/>\nOur table grill currently grilling cow tongue.  Delicious!  Up next: beef!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s26.photobucket.com\/albums\/c131\/pinkloo\/?action=view&amp;current=IMG_0454.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i26.photobucket.com\/albums\/c131\/pinkloo\/IMG_0454.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><br \/>\nMore yummy meats ready to be cooked up, and a pot of boiled scrambled egg<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s26.photobucket.com\/albums\/c131\/pinkloo\/?action=view&amp;current=223576_10150170470116372_684541371_7262067_958863_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i26.photobucket.com\/albums\/c131\/pinkloo\/223576_10150170470116372_684541371_7262067_958863_n.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><br \/>\nDan and I at a different yakiniku restaurant.  My drink is a delicious cassis orange, cassis liquor (a red berry liquor from Europe) and orange juice.  Possibly my new favorite cocktail!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s26.photobucket.com\/albums\/c131\/pinkloo\/?action=view&amp;current=230106_10150170811116372_684541371_7264742_8262784_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i26.photobucket.com\/albums\/c131\/pinkloo\/230106_10150170811116372_684541371_7264742_8262784_n.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><br \/>\nChef Dan grilling up some dinner<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s26.photobucket.com\/albums\/c131\/pinkloo\/?action=view&amp;current=227327_10150170811196372_684541371_7264745_4605909_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i26.photobucket.com\/albums\/c131\/pinkloo\/227327_10150170811196372_684541371_7264745_4605909_n.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><br \/>\nWhen it&#8217;s time to go and the bill has been paid, they line your shoes up for you \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s26.photobucket.com\/albums\/c131\/pinkloo\/?action=view&amp;current=221670_10150170470256372_684541371_7262072_5867577_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i26.photobucket.com\/albums\/c131\/pinkloo\/221670_10150170470256372_684541371_7262072_5867577_n.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a\\\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Kelsey and Jim were visiting, Dan and I took the opportunity to explore some new restaurants in the area. 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