Okinawa has MANY wonderful Izakaya and I certainly have not even scratched the surface in visiting them!! :) But one of my favorites is Yomitan Monokatari (Story of Yomitan).... so that's where I requested to have my going away gathering with my friends from work....
One of the very cool things about Story of Yomitan is that all of the dishes are original pottery creations. We had to check Julia's pockets on the way out because she was so amazed by each dish as it came out!!
The ambience is terrific, but the food is great, too! Everything is local and very fresh.... I think when you order octopus someone from the kitchen runs down to the reef and catches one for you!! One of the daily specials Saturday night was tempura of dragonfruit shoots.... interesting... texture sort of like fried okra, so not one of my favorites!! :)
The awamori (sake) jars on the wall are all handmade by local potters -- some are made by Jorge who was my pottery sensai... "Regulars" (no, I'm not one of those!!) may buy more awamori than they can drink in an evening, so they would have the rest stored in their personal jar....
"The Jans"
OK Sue... no one will notice that the Kanji is upside down... but the English is a dead give-away!!
