I blame @lafoodie
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Yeah things were done in the first 30 seconds.
I was out driving
If I’m aiming for Hayato, it would be for his Bento.
any idea if these are coming back?
not anytime soon
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I’m not going to bury the lede: former-two-star-no-toto hayato is now future-three-star-yes-toto hayato.
hayato is now an automatic 3 star and worth a special journey. let’s face it, an american standard toilet ain’t gonna cut it.
can we get a hayato toto nft please?
toto neorest 700h
shout-out to @CiaoBob and @chrishei for the great night
sakizuke - live santa barbara spot prawns, tosazu jelly, shiso blossoms, fava beans
(new) agemono (kakiage tempura) - corn, mitsuba, hokkaido scallop
(new) seared tairagai ushio-jiru, pea leaves
takenoko
boiled in water with rice vinegar to get rid of any bitterness, simmered in dashi and light soy sauce and then charred over the fire with dark soy sauce. eat the other leaves like an artichoke.
(world premiere) shinogi - hokkaido uni, nori tsukudani, fresh wasabi, soy sauce
(og encore appearance) owan - dungeness crab suimono, kani miso, fish paste, dashi
so glad this one is back
(new) seared hatsu katsuo, ginger, shiso, myoga, salt
sake steamed abalone, abalone stock cubes, abalone liver sauce, wasabi
in-n-out secret menu - animal style
binchotan grilled hokkaido kinki, binchotan roasted maui onion
tempura anago, dashi ankake, ginger juice
loved how super crisp and crunchy the batter was
spring nabe (wakatakeni) - amadai, wakame, takenoko, kinome leaves
skin was first grilled and then the bottom steamed in dashi. kinome and takenoko 
karasumi
(world premiere) nodoguro gohan, miso soup, cucumber, turnip, myoga
just listen to the sound of the fat dripping on the binchotan while this is cooking.
x4
sorry you couldn’t try any Brandon
harry’s berries gaviota strawberries, kinako whipped cream
yuki’s wasanbon
matcha
not shown - yuki-roasted hojicha tea and uji sencha tea
fin
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The best of my 4 meals there and that’s saying something because the others were incredible. Last night was incerdibler.
The starship toto was clearly the highlight but it is hard to stop thinking of end of season bamboo, amadai wakame (with sansho leaves!), anago, kinky onion (not hungry onion), bonito and that crab ball and spot prawns. Such lovely late spring flavors.
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Most significant restaurant news of 2022
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fun! One of my good friends (Victor) was there last night too. Posted a similar pic of Yuki. Good crowd!!
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yep fun night, your name came up a couple times 
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something I should know about?
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Fuuuudge.
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early summer menu with @hppzz out on his cheat meal.
sakizuke - live santa barbara spot prawns, tosazu jelly, shiso blossoms
agemono (kakiage tempura) - brentwood corn, mitsuba, hokkaido scallop
(new) hyogo prefecture aji, nori tsukudani, udo, fava beans
(new) yaki nasu, shredded ginger, dashi
shinogi - kasugodai bozushi, shiso rice, lemon, salt, green yuzu, wasabi
owan - oregon dungeness crab suimono, kani miso, kabu, dashi
sashimi - seared hatsu katsuo, ginger, chives, myoga, salt
sake steamed abalone, abalone stock cubes, abalone liver sauce, wasabi
animal style
binchotan grilled hokkaido kinki, binchotan roasted maui onion
the best damn fish dish in the city, i said it.
https://thinknews.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Drake_In_My_Feelings_(thinkNews.com.ng).mp3
(new) hamo katsu
McHamo?
nabe - amadai, mizuna, fiddlehead ferns, shiitake mushrooms, tokyo negi
chinmi - karasumi
beautiful example of kintsugi
stolen from @hppzz
nagasaki nodoguro and kinome gohan, miso soup, cucumber, turnip, myoga, hojicha tea
one of these things is not like the others 
x3*
*artificially deflated because of brandon’s discriminatory serving technique.
harry’s berries gaviota strawberries, kinako whipped cream
uji sencha
ken’s top notch white nectarines
matcha
yuki’s wasanbon
fin
a bang bang with kato was perfect
amazake swizzle
sea urchin donut, iberico ham, brown butter
boba, boniato yam, cheese
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Only @chrishei has cheat meals 
… except with me 
The ceramics is a major part of the enjoyment at hayato. He’s just as passionate with it as it he is with the food. each vessel has a story.
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Love it. 
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Going tonight! Super exciting as it has been exactly one year since our last visit to Hayato.
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a kato hayato bang bang would be perfect.
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IF I get out of the office early enough and the traffic is not murderous (it had been ok this week), definitely have aspirations for at least a cocktail at Kato before Hyato. Doubt I will have it in me to do Kato after Hayato.
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kato will be closed by the time you’re done with hayato so you don’t have to worry about that.
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Just to be clear, is everybody using bots for Tock reservations now? Signed on at 10AM for the last 2mo release and everything was gone in literally one second. Only way I’ve been able to get a legit seat there is waitlisting + mentioning I work in industry.