Vancouver Magazine

Charcoal-grilled meat on sticks is what it’s all about at this tiny, charming yakitori-ya, warm and rustic in its simplicity. Ume shiso tsukune (minced chicken topped with shiso leaves and paired with a sour-plum dipping sauce) and ninniku memaki (garlic bolts draped with thinly sliced pork) are two of the best. Order bari soba salad, tossed in a lightly spiced sesame-soy dressing and topped with deep-fried soba noodles, to balance out the protein fest. With a steady stream of ESL students, tourists, and locals filing through the doors, the original “shouty-stick place” on Denman is more raucous than its jewel-box Kitsilano counterpart.

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