Omakase at Eiji

To spare you on the back story, I got treated to dinner for a hot tub incident. Yeah, I said I wasn’t going to talk about it. So let’s just say, out of it, I got to go to one of my favorite Japanese places, Eiji. It’s a small little place in the Castro near Dolores and 16th. And when I say small, it’s small. Intimate even. You may have to wait for a seat. But it’s not extremely popular and actually, I love how it’s flying under the radar to most foodies. I mean *pffft* it’s only 4 stars on Yelp. Why bother? Yes, don’t bother. There’s enough people waiting in line. A good thirty minutes on occasions. Let’s not make it any worse.

Now on to the restaurant.

There was enough variety here to try and it was the first time for my friends. What else to do than to eat omakase style. Don’t know what that is? You’re on the internet reading this, go look it up. The specials here do change but not often. I didn’t see this tofu and yuzu dish I had here. I really wanted my friends to try it and, as you can guess, get the name of the dish and probably a photo of it… along with an excerpt. What? That’s why you’re reading this right? Anyways, this was a great way to try everything. I didn’t see the owners around but whoever was preparing our dishes knew how to keep the anticipation up. From the light dishes to the heavy the staff kept the timing good. We only waited for our next dish a few times, but I have to say, we tend to forget what dinner is for, catching up with friends. But you don’t want to hear about that. This place is great if you want more than just good sushi. The solid Japanese dishes prepared here won’t knock you off your feet, but as you eat at other Japanese restaurants here in San Francisco, you’ll be surprised craving some of the dishes found here. I did.