Maedaya Richmond

A little haiku to celebrate the idea of relaxing with food..

Grilled skewers of meat
over hot charcoal
makes my eyes water
with joy

What I really enjoyed about our dinner at Maedaya, Richmond was the variety of little food dishes on the menu, sake, and good company in a bar/pub environment that is not too rowdy.

Maedaya serves tapas style Japanese food which goes well with their offering of sake. We were given an ipad on which we ordered these dishes to go with our sampler of 3 sake:

Crab claw - not the ordinary frozen variety.

Agedashi takoyaki - takoyaki which is served a la agedashi tofu style, with soy sauce in the bowl. It went well with rice.

Maedaya special skewer combo - from left: chicken balls (not what you're thinking), chicken thigh, inari tofu skin, pork belly and beef. The skewers were cooked on charcoal, giving it a fragrant smokiness.

Rainbow roll - tuna, salmon, avocado, tobiko with smoked salmon and cream cheese. Very colourful!

Grilled unagi - was extremely small for $6

Lotus root chips with spices - not a big fan of the herbs they sprinkled on top but loved the texture.