Syoya — Restaurant in Ichinoseki

So, this happened: We were seated, the staff wrote a number on what would become our bill (he wrote 2600 twice, and yes, I grew up playing D&D so I know the distinct sound of each digit being written), I can hear what number it was, and 90 minutes later that's what they charged us.

We enjoyed such dishes as 'chicken knees', literally, some actual food, and watered down nomihodai. We should have ordered more, but I wasn't sure that number was going to be the price, and items had different prices, so, I wasn't sure that was what was happening.

Then, we were presented with the so-called bill. Hmm ... The number that he wrote when we arrived but before we ordered anything. This place ripped us off, and I'm still not...

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