Yamanaka Akasaka — Restaurant in Fukuoka

My daughter found out about this restaurant and book for 4 of us. Restaurant looks upscale and the service staff all dress prim and proper. We ask for the English menu and service staff took pain to explain the menu thoroughly to us. Had the miso for 2 pax and shabu shabu for other 2. Both were very good and soup base tasty. Even brought 2 different colour bowls for us to try each other different soup. We ended up asking for them to add rice to the miso soup to make porridge. Delicious. Only issue with the place is that their chairs are a bit worn out being the cushion need to be replaced. Would recommend anyone who wishes to try a different...

Incredible miso based motsunabe!!! No wonder the restaurant called it a secret recipe through trial and error, as it was absolutely addictive and delicious. I could have it every week especially in the winter! Their plate of vegetables, especially the soft boiled tofu, were very tasty when blended with the soup.

I also ordered their Boiled Tongue and Stewed Daikon. Again, it was stewed in the restaurant’s secret miso recipe, and the tenderness of the beef tongue was heavenly!

This is one of my favourite restaurants in Fukuoka and I would definitely...

Walking into this restaurant is almost like walking into a nice hotel. The service is very nice. We came around opening time at 510 with no reservations but they seated us but told us we could have the table until 615 which was fine. The soup is very rich and flavorful but the intestines were very fatty and chewy. It was like eating fat with skin that you couldn't chew up. I know it should be fatty, but I was expecting it to be...