There are many izakayas in Susukino, but this place is a must-try. Start with a draft beer, then try the Sharikin lemon sour, Sharikin Hoppy, and the limited edition Sharikin grapefruit sour. The cabbage with vinegar dressing is a classic choice, along with the crispy and fluffy grilled chicken skin for 170 yen. The chicken tenderloin skewers with wasabi soy sauce are also delicious at 180 yen. Don't forget to order the pork belly skewers and the unique Nira liver skewers. The chicken drumsticks are a good choice, as well as the crispy chicken skin dumplings. The sesame mackerel, Fukuoka-style mentaiko, and the salted rice ball are also recommended. The night in Susukino continues to deepen, so let's move on to the next place!

Today, I made a last-minute reservation here for dinner. Tomorrow is a golf competition for this group, so we stopped by the day before. Of course, the food is delicious, but I recommend the pan-fried dumplings. The chicken sashimi is also fresh and tasty. If you're tired of izakaya, definitely give this place a try!

We decided to go to a second place for drinks, and ended up on the 4th floor of the same building where the familiar RAD BROS is located. There were no other customers yet, so we started with a toast with highballs. The appetizer was a plate of cabbage for each person, served with sesame and vinegar soy sauce on the table. The cabbage was satisfying enough, but we also ordered the specialty chicken skin, pork belly, and sesame mackerel. The chicken skin had a rich flavor and was delicious. The restaurant was bright and comfortable. The only downside might be the lack of all-you-can-drink options, which could explain the low number of customers. We will consider this place as an option for future visits. Thank you for the meal!

The "senbero set" is great value for money. The Kyushu pork bone ramen as the finishing dish is delicious. The flavor is surprisingly deep for an izakaya, and the thin noodles are just right. I usually only write reviews for ramen shops, but this ramen here is so cheap and tasty that I couldn't resist.

I made a reservation for a seat in advance and visited at 5:30 pm. I ordered a highball with a twist. Until 6:30 pm, each time you draw a fortune slip, you can get a discount for a medium fortune or a small fortune, and a great fortune is free. The appetizer was raw cabbage with vinegar and white sesame dressing. The grilled cow tongue was deliciously fragrant, the grilled chicken gizzards had a spicy kick, and the grilled chives and liver skewers were unique and tasty. I had three highballs, and my fortunes were medium, small, and medium. (December 2022)

It's the season for year-end parties, and Susukino is bustling with activity. I was turned away at other restaurants, but ended up here, which turned out to be a good thing. I made a reservation for a table at 5:30 PM. We sat at a small table in the back with an older friend. We started with a highball toast! My fortune was a small blessing...oh well! They said they would take 100 yen off the bill. The cabbage comes as a complimentary dish, and they recommended eating it with vinegar sauce and sprinkling some white sesame seeds on top according to your preference. I don't need the complimentary cabbage. I'll try it first before deciding. The vinegar sauce is really good! I can finish this. For food, we ordered the famous grilled chicken skin, the spicy grilled chicken, and the leek and liver skewers. The chicken skin was crispy and delicious. The spicy chicken was too hot for me. The leek and liver skewers were amazing. Inside, there's liver, leek, and pork belly. The center liver is rare but safe to eat, and it's in perfect condition. The product development and grilling technique are amazing! The second drink was free with a great fortune! How about that! I couldn't drink much because it was cold that day. But I still had a good time. We were able to catch up on recent events and talk about future plans. I need to hurry to the next location for the first party.

As always, the chicken skin is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, delicious. I always order the sesame mackerel here because I haven't had it anywhere else. I tried the rolled omelette for the first time, and I think it might have potato starch in it? It looks perfect, but the taste and texture are a bit different - it's a bit chewy and the broth doesn't come out in your mouth. But the highlight of this visit was the Shari Kin with a mountain of Kinmiya shochu sorbet on top. I chose orange this time. I mixed it and crushed the orange with a stirrer as I drank it. I ended up eating a lot of orange as dessert. Next time, I'll try it with grapefruit!

Name: Hakata Kawaya Betsudokoro Susukino 2nd Branch Ordered Item: Senbero Set (1,000 yen) Address: 3-2-15 Minami 7 Jonishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 064-0807 Located a 5-minute walk from Susukino Station in Sapporo City Opening Hours: 17:00-23:00 Closed on Sundays Seating Capacity: Approximately 36 seats Payment: Pay after Three drinks and one snack for 1,000 yen! Yes, it's amazing! You can even choose Sapporo Classic beer! I ordered oden as a snack and the fluffy egg was very satisfying! Even though it's in Hokkaido, it's Hakata style? Don't worry, just cover it with Sapporo Classic! The counter seats even have outlets, which is great! #Hokkaido #SapporoCity #HokkaidoGourmet #SapporoGourmet #HokkaidoIzakaya #SapporoIzakaya #SapporoFood #DrinkingTagram #SapporoSenbero #HokkaidoSenbero

Grilled chicken skin!٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و I ended up at this restaurant with someone I met by chance! My friend suddenly shouted, "I want to eat yakitori!" and the other person suggested, "This place is delicious, why don't we go?" Grilled chicken skin, I had never heard of it before! My companion had tried it before in Hakata and was impressed by how delicious it was! We decided to order 10 skewers to start with! The specialty of this place that takes a lot of time and effort. We also ordered the "Shigi-yaki" - chicken tenderloin with wasabi soy sauce! We also ordered Galitomato, sesame mackerel, and pork skewers. Let's dig into the famous grilled chicken skin! Oh, this is delicious! I don't usually eat chicken skin, but it goes really well with alcohol! The secret sauce soaked in gives it a nice flavor. It tends to get tough as time passes, so it's best to eat it while it's hot. The Galitomato is refreshing and makes a good chopstick rest. The sesame mackerel is also very tasty. The pork skewers are, well, just delicious. The Shigi-yaki has a nice kick to it! The wasabi hits you! But the chicken tenderloin is tender and delicious! We had two Kinmiya Shari-kin lemon sours, a total of three drinks. I haven't been exploring new restaurants lately, so it was great to discover a new place and have a chance to come here. It was so much fun, enjoyable, and delicious! We shared a lot of information and had many stories to relate to, making it a valuable time! Thank you for the meal! (＊´ㅂ`＊)♥

This is a super popular restaurant that has been featured on TV. I decided to visit because I wanted to try it at least once, and when I did, I was amazed by how delicious the food was. My taste buds melted as soon as I took a bite. I highly recommend everyone to try it out.

You can try almost all types of skewers and beer or sour for a little over 3700 yen. You can order skewers individually. The beef tongue skewer is particularly delicious. The specialty grilled skin skewer is different from regular skin. It's tasty but can be a bit challenging to eat. The service is polite. It's currently 9:30 PM, last order. The restaurant closes at 10:00 PM.

On the second day in Sapporo, I went to a yakitori restaurant. There was nothing particularly Hokkaido-like about it haha. I ate whatever I wanted to eat (`･ω･´) There were 3 groups of customers and only 1 solo diner ahead of me. I didn't expect to be seated so easily (-ω-;) It felt like I got a bit of a letdown since I knew there was another place nearby that is always crowded and requires reservations. I was guided to the counter. Oh, and I got a free drink for registering on their LINE! Cheers with a classic draft beer (^^) I ordered 8 chicken skewers, 1 duck skewer, and 1 pork belly skewer. It's a shame they didn't have the duck liver (´･ω･) The crispy and juicy chicken skin skewers were delicious as always. The place didn't get too crowded afterwards, so I ate quickly and left. Thanks for the meal. The bill had a repeating number, so I made a detour before heading back home haha.

A famous yakitori shop from Hakata has opened in Susukino!! I'm so happy because I used to go to Fukuoka just to eat this!! The yakitori is marinated for 6 days!! When I first tried it, I was disappointed after the first bite because my expectations were too high, but as I kept eating, the flavor overflowed and I became addicted!! I can easily eat about 10 pieces by myself!! The chicken skewers are delicious, but the ones at the Susukino shop were a bit dry and not that great, so I think I'll stick to just the yakitori here.

Around 4 pm, I met up with friends and we had already had a few drinks. Today, we decided to try a Fukuoka kawa-yaki restaurant. I vaguely remember visiting Black River Onsen and Yufuin for work back in my 30s, but I have never been to Fukuoka. So, I am looking forward to experiencing the authentic taste for the first time. We started with some draft beer and cabbage as a side dish, which we enjoyed with vinegar and sesame. I wonder why cabbage is often served in the western area. We ordered 4 pieces of kawa-yaki, 2 pieces of shigi-yaki, and sesame mackerel. The kawa-yaki had a surprisingly rich flavor. It takes 6 days from preparation to serving, including multiple rounds of grilling and aging, which is quite impressive. Next, we tried the shigi-yaki, which turned out to be tender chicken breast with wasabi sauce. The sauce was quite good. We then switched from beer to barley shochu on the rocks, accompanied by a chaser. The service was impressive. For our next order, we got pork belly, minced meat, and dashimaki tamago. The pork belly was delicious, even though the restaurant's specialty is kawa-yaki and shigi-yaki. I liked it so much that I ended up ordering more. The chicken soup provided with the bill was also tasty. Overall, this place has many good points, but I believe the best is their excellent customer service. As we left, they even saw us off outside. I plan to come back soon.

With the "Go To Travel" campaign, the city was starting to regain some energy. However, displaying the nonsensical English phrase "Go To Travel" so boldly may make us a laughingstock in the world. I was unexpectedly caught up in this sudden project, which remained unresolved and had to be carried over to the next week. This was worrisome, and even if I were traveling, I would have felt a gloomy sense of unease on the way back, not really in a vacation mood. The wind passing by suddenly in the strong evening sunlight felt somewhat cold. But I couldn't bring myself to head back home just yet. Looking back, I had walked quite a distance. Reflecting on this, I told myself that this was a "close yet distant unknown journey on foot." A food journey that couldn't be experienced in Hokkaido. This theme reminded me of Fukuoka. I remembered that a shop specializing in kawa-yaki, a Fukuoka specialty, had appeared in this city. I quickly looked it up and was relieved to find that it was just a short distance away. Stepping out of the quiet elevator in the building, a bright and cheerful restaurant welcomed me immediately. I promptly ordered "kawa-yaki," "shigi-yaki," and "butabara." The attentive attitude and pleasant voice of the staff were comforting. Tempted by the seasoned beer, I ordered more "kawa-yaki" and "shigi-yaki." I was particularly fascinated by the wasabi soy sauce dressing on the chicken breast skewers known as "shigi-yaki" and dipped the leftover cabbage appetizer in it. Adding "goma-saba" and "Hakata mentaiko" with sweet potato shochu was a must. I was impressed by the efficient actions of the staff who never missed a beat. It felt like I had come to Fukuoka on foot, but it was definitely not self-pity. After settling the bill, another staff member was already operating the elevator, holding the door open. As the door closed and we arrived on the first floor, my journey to Fukuoka came to a sudden end...

On a regular night, four of us went out for dinner. A friend from Kyushu recommended a place where you can enjoy delicious yakitori, so we decided to check it out. The restaurant had a bright atmosphere with a counter seating for 7 and 9 table seats. It was bustling with 15 customers at 6:30 pm. We opted for the 4000 yen course with all-you-can-drink option. We started with a toast with draft beer. Since it was a Fukuoka Hakata restaurant, there were plenty of Kyushu dishes to choose from, and we tried many new dishes for the first time. Some of the dishes we enjoyed were the shredded cabbage with sweet vinegar dressing, the grilled chicken skin, sesame mackerel, chicken tenderloin sashimi with ponzu sauce, grilled duck, various skewers, sweet potato tempura, grilled ramen, and roasted green tea ice cream. The food was delicious with generous portions, great flavors, and reasonable prices. It was a great dining experience. Thank you for the meal!

I wanted to eat sesame mackerel more than grilled chicken skin, so I visited the restaurant. It was different from what I had in Fukuoka. I imagined it as mackerel slices soaked in plenty of sauce and topped with sesame, but at this restaurant, it was mackerel sashimi with a thick sesame sauce on top. The taste didn't quite hit the mark, maybe because it was different from what I expected. The grilled chicken skin was the same as what I had in Fukuoka. Personally, I prefer the regular chicken skin with more fat. I forgot to take a photo, but I actually prefer grilled skewers over the other dishes.

I went to "Hakata Kawaya Susukino" based on a friend's recommendation. When I entered the restaurant, they asked if I had a reservation, and since I didn't, they seated me at the counter. I enjoy sitting at the counter as I can watch the chefs cook. Their recommended dish, "Meidai Kawayaki," was delicious. If you like chicken skin, I highly recommend it. They take 6 days to prepare it, so it's quite labor-intensive. Another highlight was the Kinmiya Sharikin Lemon Sour drink, which was also very good. I tried various yakitori dishes and finished with a delicious ochazuke with mentaiko. I would love to have the Kawayaki dish again. Thank you for the delicious meal.

I heard a rumor that the taste of Fukuoka has also made its way to Hokkaido, so I decided to check it out. Even though the price of the yakitori was a bit high, I didn't mind because I would normally have to go all the way to Fukuoka for it. I only needed a few skewers for the second round, so I ordered 10 skewers per person. I ordered a classic drink since it was the second round. I asked for some yuzu pepper, which is not usually available at the counter, and enjoyed dipping the skewers in it to experience the taste of Fukuoka. The chicken skin, usually soft, was crispy and delicious. The second round ended on a high note.

One day in November, while casually looking at new restaurant information in Sapporo city, I came across this restaurant. Hakata Kawaya? I've heard that name somewhere! When I looked at the restaurant website from the top page, I found out that it is a franchise store related to the famous Hakata restaurant Kawaya. Moreover, it is run by the son of the founder of Kawaya, and although it is expanding nationwide, there is not a single store in Kyushu. Also, Kawaya is not part of a chain store, but the franchise headquarters seems to be in Nagoya. The thing that caught my attention the most was whether the kawa skewers they serve are of the same quality as the original Kawaya in Hakata. Since I have eaten at the original store in Hakata before, I would be disappointed if it turned out to be a fake kawa skewer, so I wanted to see someone's post with photos to judge. From the photos, it seems that the skewers are not much different from the original store, so I decided to visit. I tried to make a reservation over the phone after work at 17:15, but it was busy and I couldn't get through. When I tried again after returning home, I easily got through. I made a reservation on Monday for the following Saturday, and it was surprisingly easy to get a reservation. When I arrived at the store in Susukino using JR, I confirmed the location a little early and visited at the opening time. I entered the store, told my name, and was guided to a counter seat, but since I was the first customer that day, I said it was okay to sit at the end of the counter, but it seems that the seat was already decided due to the reservation. I only wanted to eat kawa skewers, so I didn't pay attention to anything else. Next, I ordered a drink called "Kinmiya Sharikin Lemon Sour" that caught my eye, along with 10 kawa skewers. The first thing that came out was a cabbage appetizer, which is a staple in Fukuoka. A young male staff member explained that I should eat it with vinegar sauce. Without this explanation, people who are not used to it might be surprised by the cabbage. Next, the "Kinmiya Sharikin Lemon Sour" came out, with a lemon-filled glass and a frozen pack. The explanation was that the glass contained soda, and the pack contained frozen shochu. By adding the frozen shochu to the soda and mixing it, it becomes a crunchy sour drink. When I took a sip of the lemon sour, it tasted quite good. And finally, the awaited kawa skewers arrived. The kawa skewers here are not grilled from raw when ordered, but are grilled and aged during preparation, so the final grilling before serving is not very long. When I took a big bite of the kawa skewer, I thought, "Oh, this is delicious!" It tasted very similar to the one I had at the original Kawaya store. I can't eat delicious food slowly, so I was already gobbling it up. The staff initially said to add vinegar sauce or chili pepper to the skewers if you like, but I reassured them that I had eaten at the original Kawaya, and they nodded with a smile. After finishing the lemon sour, I ordered hot sake and added 10 more kawa skewers. The bill is settled at the table, and the finishing soup is also the same as at the original store. The staff in charge of the hall are kind and pleasant. The kawa skewers, which are the specialty of this restaurant, are priced at 170 yen per skewer, which may feel expensive for the small skewers. However, not only the Susukino store but the entire chain seems to have a price of 170 yen per skewer. The restaurant website states that the prices have remained the same since the opening, but looking at the menu of the original store, it was 110 yen per skewer, so this statement is not entirely true. However, it is undeniable that a lot of time and effort goes into making these skewers, so the price of 170 yen is justified.

I went to the restaurant on Friday at 9:00 PM after making a phone reservation. I was surprised by how busy the place was. I had a Shari Kin Sour in hand and was served cabbage as an appetizer. It was topped with vinegar dressing and sesame seeds. I thought the food might take a while to come out due to the crowd, but surprisingly it came out quickly with three grill chefs working. The inside of the skin was chewy, but the crispy outside didn't come through much. The sauce was too sweet. The sashimi with wasabi soy sauce was delicious though. Despite the chaotic atmosphere, the staff provided attentive service, which was nice. I might come back when it's a bit quieter.