Great food!!!
So tomorrow's my sister's bday and tonite we went out to have dinner. I had recommended this restaurant that I had saw in the newspaper numerous times and was consistently rated very well. The little Japanese place is called Maneki and it's on Jackson in the ID. I got to try it out for the first time tonight and I'm very pleased.
When you walk in, you should take notice to the poster of special items listed on scattered sheets of paper. They may seem a little weird if you're not into "exotic" seafood but they sure are tasty. Recently in the paper, it was written that the current owner believes her restaurant to have been in existence for about 100 years. So sometime in late October, she decided to just mark a celebration day. Unfortunately when I called at the time, they didn't have any specials for that day. However, I heard from a friend who drove by, that the place was still jammed packed and even had a line of people waiting outside to get in.
Tonight we had the following: beef Teriyaki w/ tempura, chix sukiyaki (both for 7.50), Spider Roll (6), broiled black Cod with some miso on top(6), 2x seafood custurd (each 2.25), broiled oysters with more miso paste and japanese mayonaise on top(4). (# following each item is the rough price off the top of my head)
If you do go there I recommend trying the "authentic Japanese" cuisine stuff on the yellow page of the menu. For some people the items may sound weird, but trust me in that all of it will taste good. I feel that confident about this place even after just eating here once. The cod and oysters were excellent albeit a little on the salty side in my mom's opinion. Looking around, most of the customers were actually caucasian, with a some Japanese (and other asians). I'd have to say roughly 60% were white. Now when one thinks of that statistic, and then remember that this is an asian restaurant, they would probably ask "Wait, white washed asian restaurants are complete crap in asians' taste!" This place was truly an anomaly. The food will surely tickle your taste buds. If not then, I don't know why this place was rated the best Japanese restaurant in multiple publications. I'm really disappointed I did not find this place earlier. Another great thing about this place is that the prices are pretty low for the amount of food you get. I mean, don't expect to get full off one sushi roll, but if you manage to get one or 2 people to join you, you can probably have a very nice dinner for about $20. Oh, that reminds me of one thing that isn't so great. This place is only opened Tues through Sun 530pm - 10pm... Agghhh, yes, it isn't open for lunch. Only dinner.
Final thoughts... A great, small restaurant for all ages and even better in groups. Big groups may be a little hard and end up being pricy unless all of you are cool with sharing everything. I would recommend groups of 4 be perfect for a place like this. Also, try their spider roll, good stuff. If you're into the more tame like, try the seafood custurd, nice bite for only 2.25. Now I'm going to do something I don't think I've ever done before... rate a restaurant. I don't plan on doing this often as I am very poor and my family doesn't eat at different restaurants often. But I'd actually rate this place an 8.5. It's no elegant prom night place, but it's great for a date or a friendly get together.
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