Chicago Food Review: TenGoKu Aburiya

Overall: 3/5 ⭐⭐⭐ The menu is digital (scan to view), and only the seasonal specials are on paper. Three adults + one kid, total with tip came to around $240—a bit on the pricier side. 💸 🍢 Yakitori: We ordered two sets—each with 4 meat skewers + 1 veggie skewer. Included: chicken breast, chicken gizzard, pork belly, bacon-wrapped enoki mushrooms, and shiitake (the selection varies based on the chef’s mood 😅). The flavor was okay, but the sauce leaned sweet. 🍯 🍣 Sushi Set 2: 8 pieces of sushi + 6 toro maki rolls. Pretty standard—no extra soy sauce needed. But after COVID, my taste buds aren’t what they used to be… all I tasted was the spiciness of the wasabi 🥵, hardly any fish flavor. 🍜 Maze Soba (Mixed Udon): Saw this on Yelp and had to try! Asked for no green onions (not a fan 🌱). Tasted just like spicy minced pork noodles from back home—pretty tasty! At the end, they even brought a small scoop of rice to mix in—carbs on carbs, but hey, it worked! 😂🍚 Feels like a Japanese restaurant run by Koreans—heard two mother-son pairs speaking Korean at the entrance, and the wooden menu signs also had Korean text. #ChicagoEats #JapaneseFood #Yakitori #SushiLovers #FoodReview #ChicagoFoodie #FamilyMeal