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Okonomiyaki & Teppanyaki Izakaya: You-To in Shizuoka City!

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Service: Very friendly. Great explanations and true hospitality.
Equipment & Facilities: Old-fashioned but very clean. Superb genre-separated washrooms!
Prices: Reasonable:
Strong points: Great use of local ingredients. Hiroshima-style and Kansai-style okonmiyaki. Shizuoka oden. Great local sake list. Local microbrewery craft beer on tap!

Okonmiyaki is not originally a Shizuoka specialty but for the 10 years he has been cooking in his izakaya Chef Toshirou Yamagachi/山口登志郎さん is undoubtedly preparing the best ones in the Prefecture!

You-To/湧登 is not that old but it looks so much a traditional Japanese izakaya!
It sits at the most 25 guests at tables, counter and Japanese tatami room.

Great noren/暖簾/entrance curtain! The first sign of a great izakaya!

Now, this is great place to enjoy local sake brews. Actually Toshirou San is the main force behind organizing local sake rallies every year in Shizuoka City!

Great sake from Shizuoka Prefecture!
As it is near the Shizuoka JR Station, make a point to visit the place even if you have only a couple of hours available!
Make sure to reserve on the phone beforehand though!

The sashimi menu is quickly filter pen-written according to the market availability of the day.

Local vegetables used in the o-tooshi/お通し/first food served with the first drink!

The sake is served in large cups like those used by brew-masters in breweries!

Now, the true beer lovers will be glad to learn that You-To is probably the only establishment in town serving on the tap craft beer brewed in Fujinomiya City by Stephan Rager of Bayern Meister Beer Co.! That single drink is a good enough reason to patronize Toshirou’s izakaya!

Now, try to reserve the seats at the counter with a direct view onto the kitchen!

It is a wonder how they keep things clean! A true pro!

Toshirou San makes an extensive use of local products:
Succulent teppanyaki/hot plate fried Suruga Shamo/駿河軍鶏/Suruga Shamo Chicken raised in Shizuoka City!
And fresh vegetables and greens come with all meat dish for a great balance!

Home-made pork cha-shu/叉焼/Chinese style roast pork char siu as a snack!

You-To-style fried potatoes made with organic potatoes from Matsuki Bio Farm in Fujinomiya City!

Satsumaage/薩摩揚げ/Kagoshima-style deep-fried fish cakes!

For my first visit I ordered a Hiroshima-style mixed okonomiyaki!

All cooked and cut in front of you!

So much to eat inside!

A true Japanese comfort food! And so yummy! I needed more beer just for that!

There is just too much on the menu, even for repeated visits!
Instead of dessert I ordered this fuwa fuwa tamagoyaki/ふわふわ玉子焼き/Fluffy Japanese omelette cooked on the hot plate!

To be continued… Very soon!

YOU-TO/湧登
Shizuoka City, Suruga Ku, Minami Cho, 7-5 ( 5 minutes walk from Shizuoka JR Station South exit)
Business hours: 17:00~23:00
Closed on Sundays
Reservations highly recommended!
Credit cards OK
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Bryan Baird’s Newsletter (2012/02/05): 10-Year Anniversary Release: The Carpenter’s Mikan Ale

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10-Year Anniversary Release: The Carpenter’s Mikan Ale

Dear Taproom Friend & Baird Beer Enthusiast:

It was back in the fall of 2001 that the builder of our Fishmarket Taproom, Nagakura-san, who since had become a stalwart Taproom patron and loyal friend, brought to me in my little backroom brewery a crate of mikan fruit freshly picked from his family orchard. “Can you use these in a beer?” he inquired. “If not, just share them with customers and your family.”

I, like many professional brewers, harbored a prejudice against fruit beers. Why? Because most of the ones available tended to be gimmick beers, brewed not with real fruit but rather processed extracts, that were designed to appeal to people who didn’t like beer to begin with. However, I quickly decided to formulate a beer that incorporated the carpenter’s mikan fruit. Not only did the idea of using a fresh, local, minimally processed ingredient fit perfectly with the Baird Beer philosophy, but the mikan fruit was delicious. It’s vibrant citrus character, I thought, could be combined in a wonderfully complementary way with various citrus-forward hop varieties being cultivated in the western United States.

The first batch of the Carpenter’s Mikan Ale (all 30 liters of it), was poured, with a tiny bit of trepidation, to Fishmarket Taproom customer-friends who had gathered there at 8:30 am on a Monday morning to view the 2002 Super Bowl (a game that pitted the then powerhouse St. Louis Rams against the upstart Tom Brady-led New England Patriots). The Patriots won their first Super Bowl; the Carpenter’s Mikan Ale won the hearts and the drinking loyalty of all who gathered that morning.

The Carpenter’s Mikan Ale 2012, the ten-year anniversary version, will begin pouring at our Taproom pubs just before the 8:30 am (Monday, Feb. 6) kick-off of the 2012 Super Bowl (NY Giants vs. New England Patriots).

New Baird Beer Seasonal Release:
*Carpenter’s Mikan Ale 2012 (ABV 6%):

The mikans used in this brew are fresh, succulent, and local — harvested on the Heda land and by the hand of our carpenter friend, Nagakura-san. The Baird brewers hand-process the harvested mikans, shaving off the outer skin of the peel and pressing the juice. Both peel shavings and juice are added to the brew during wort production and before fermentation. The mikans serve to add depth and complexity to an already sumptuous ale; their role is to complement, not dominate.

Once again the character of this year’s version is marked most notably by the succulent aroma and piquant flavor of sweet-tart mikans and their wonderfully symbiotic interaction with our selected hop varieties (Nelson Sauvin, Cascade, New Zealand Cascade, Ahtanum).

In addition to our Taproom pubs, the Carpenter’s Mikan Ale will also be available either on draught or in bottles (630 ml) at fine Baird Beer retailers throughout Japan beginning Tuesday, February 7.

Cheers,

Bryan Baird

Baird Brewing Company
Numazu, Japan
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Shizuoka Beer 3-1: Wind Valley Beer/Kaze No Tani no Biru-Weizen

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Wind Valley Beer/Kaze no Tani no Biru (風の谷のビール）Weizen is brewed by a Company located at the foot of Mount Fuji. It sells various kinds of products from organic fruit juices to dairies.
Its beers are sold under the label Oratche.

This particular beer is an organic beer using 50% of wheat malt.
It is unfiltered and should be kept in a cold environment because of its live yeast.

Clarity: smoky (unfiltered)
Colour: golden
Foam: light, tends to disappear quickly
Aroma: light, oranges, yeast, banana, cloves
Taste:: very yeasty taste, dry withe a strong accent on cloves.

Overall: A beer very remiscent of German Weizen. Refreshing and light with a sharp character, but does not linger too long. Would go very with cheese and cold meats.

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Shizuoka Beer 2-1: Bayern Meister Beer-Prinz

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Bayern Maeister Beer Co. Ltd. is based in Fujinomiya City and has employed for some while a Master Brewer from Southern Germany called Stefan Rage who is deservedly making his own name in the Shizuoka microbrewery world.

“Prinz” is the first brew I had the pleasure to taste.

Product name: Prinz Draught beer
Contents volume: 330 ml
Alcohol: 5.5%
Ingredients: malt, hops and live yeast all imported from Southern Germany.

Clarity: clear and clean
Colour: Golden
Foam: solid and regular
Aroma: both light and sharpish/grapefruit-Oranges
Taste: Light, easy to drink. Welcome acidity/light oranges and grapefruit. Lingers on the palate.

Comments: Refreshing and reassuringly solid.Goes very well with food. A good summer drink.

Bayern Meister Beer Co. Ltd.
Shizuoka Prefecture, Fujinomiya City, Kami-Ideji, Kawaharatan, 1254-1
Tel.: 0544-443311

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Shizuoka Beer 1-1: Tenjingura Weizen

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Since we are in the middle of an extraordinarily hot summer, it is about time we delve in the local beers! And there are more than you might think! Considering the abundance of great water in Shizuoka Prefecture, we should wonder why we are not afloat lakes of beers put out by local breweries!

The first of a (hopefuly) long series shall start with a brew by Tenjingura Brewery in Hamamtsu City:

Name: Tenjingura Beer-Weizen
Yeast: German Weizen yeast
Ingredients: More than 50% Wheat malt
Volume: 330 ml
Alcohol: 5%

Colour: Nice darkish amber
Clarity: Clear
Foam: fine and disappearing quickly
Aroma: Bread, yeast
Body: Velvety on the palate
Taste: Fruity, Yeasty, bread

Comments: Both refreshing and nourishing. Almsot sweet with very little acidity. A beer for all seasons.

Tenjingura/Hamamatsu Brewery-Distillery
420-0808 Shizuoka Ken, Hamamatsu City, Tenjin Machi, 3-57
Tel.: 053-4616145
Fax: 053-4633851
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Sports Cafe/Bar: White Ize

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Many of my friends, expats and Japanese alike had been telling me about this new sports bar opened in July 2006, so it was about time I visited it!
Interestingly enough, although Shizuoka City are blessed with a plethora of good Izakaya, simple, unpretentious and well-stocked bars are almost a rarity.
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The least I could say is that they are extremely well-stocked as far as bottled beers are concerned: no less than 96 brands and still looking for more!
I even had the occasion to taste a beer from the French Island Corsica called Pietra I had never heard of! (A fine beer, by the way!). There are varieties for everyone, including a whopping 14 degrees ale from Austria!
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White Ize has 3 screens for customers to watch all current sports. The coming Rugby World Cup will be shown live from France from September 9th. Ozzies and Kiwis had better reseve their seats!
Apart of beers, cocktails and other drinks are available. Food is Tex-Mex and reasonably priced.
The owner, Mr. Kazuyoshi Harazaki is an old hand at both fishing, boating and boozing and always keen to share a chat. He is known to go on boating excursions with his customers, so better keep your ears open!

White IZE
420-0857 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku,　Miyuki-cho, 7-2, Amano Bldg. 2F (near Den Den Building, a few minutes walk from Shizuoka JR Station)
Tel.: 054-2551336
Business Hours: 17:00~02:00
Closed on Mondays
Parties welcome
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