Chicken Skin at Sumida!

I think the friends have enthusiastically tried just about every izakaya in Cuppage Plaza and in the area. When we're in the mood for a casual dinner together, they took us to Sumida / 下町酒場スミダ. It was also their sweet way of marking my birthday and the husband's birthday in end March.

We opted out of any sashimi or fish tonight. Unfortunately they were out of a few items and the tasty tsukune with an onsen egg. Sure, it was a lot of chicken, and we had them in the form of yakitori and fried meat. But the menu still had plenty for us to choose from. Potato salad with ume and sardines. Oh I couldn't resist the chicken skin. We had two portions of that since L was going to demolish it too. Hehehehe.

The little bowl of beef tendon stew in miso was good! Had marinated quail eggs and potato salad and cream crab croquette and all that. We took a small hot pot that had pork fat. Wheeeeee. The tofu and cabbage in there were nice. Almost considered ordering extra portions of those, but never mind. I shouldn't over-eat.

The table had a garlic fried rice too. That came with an egg. I didn’t take that. I was very pleased with my bowl of steamed white rice, or rather the quality of the grains they chose to use in this izakaya. I would be really sad if they do a low quality one. To that, I ate every grain. 

Two gigantic highballs kept me happy for the night. I love it with a ton of ice and it's super refreshing when the ice melts down and it dilutes. Makes me feel less of an alcoholic. Hurhurhur.