Fujiyama

Will you stop after a few kushikatsu skewers, or make a fuller Osaka-style meal with doteyaki and okonomiyaki? At Fujiyama, skewers are the starting point, with snacks, teppanyaki dishes and rice options also on the menu. Skewer choices include beef, pork belly and chicken thigh, as well as lotus root, asparagus and red pickled ginger. Order a few different kinds and compare them as you go.

Some visitors have singled out the light, crisp batter and a particularly large asparagus skewer. Pairing the classic beef skewer with vegetables gives the meal a change of pace. Between skewers, try the signature doteyaki: beef tendon simmered in miso. Diners have praised the tender meat and savoury miso flavour, making it an easy choice alongside a drink. Another visitor enjoyed raw beef omasum with beer, and described the spicy Nishinari-style beef intestine as a good match for drinks. The menu also lists raw omasum sashimi and Nishinari-style beef intestine, offering alternatives to skewers.

For a more substantial meal, there is pork okonomiyaki or a mentaiko, mochi and cheese version, along with kitsune and tanuki udon and fried rice with pork belly and garlic. You can build a meal around doteyaki and kushikatsu, or choose more filling dishes at lunchtime. Drinks include beer and sake, as well as fresh sudachi sours and frozen-lemon sours. Have a beer with the skewers or choose a sour with your meal; the menu makes it easy to add another dish or keep things simple.