I had a part time job as waiter in an Izakaya. Izakaya is Japanese style bar. You can eat a lot of foods and alcohol drink. For example Sashimi, Sushi, Pizza, Spaghetti, noodles, fried rice, fresh vegetables, Yakiatori, Beer, Wine, Sake (Japanese alcohol), Sour and juice. I worked here for a year. I could get money an hourly wage of 980-1500yen. My shop opens from 5:oo pm to 5:00 am. Sometimes I had to work 11hours. It was very hard.
My favorite food is Yakiudon(焼きうどん). It’s kind of fried noodles. A recipe for Yakiudon, some vegetables fry, then put Udon(it’s already boiled) and special sauce. It’s ready. Do you think it’s easy? But it’s delicious!! My favorite drink is Namasibori kiwi sour(生絞りキウイサワー). It looks like kiwi juice.
You have to be careful about ‘Otoshi(お通し)’ when you go to Izakaya. Otoshi is a small dish. Why do you get Otoshi? It means ‘please wait till cooking comes.’ But Otoshi isn’t free. It cost is 300-600yen. It’s expensive. If you don’t need Otoshi, you should tell staff. Some Izakaya is OK, but some Izakaya isn’t OK. Enjoy your time in Izakaya when you come to Japan.It’s Izakaya’s homepage. You can see menu.
http://www.watami.co.jp
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Miki-san,
Izakaya seems like a nice place to work. You say that it's OK sometimes and not OK other times? I can relate to that, I once worked at a job like Izakaya.
I also like Yakiudon. Actually, I like any kind of udon, but I like Yakiudon alot. My favorite drink is the Ringo Sour (in Japanese リンゴ サワー and Apple Sour in English).
It must be very hard working 11 hours and then going to school. The longest I've ever worked was 8 hours and I was very tired after that.
I have never heard of Otoshi before. That sounds pretty neat. I would like to come to Izakaya some time. :)
You worked at a job like Izakaya, didn't you? Where did you work? It's hard for our to work long time, then go to school. But we can earn a lot of money.Almost Izakaya has Otoshi. Otoshi is called by Kanto area(関東地方Tokyo), 'Tukidashi(突き出し)is called by Kansai area.(関西地方 Osaka)
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