Oh! Taisho

Not Yakitori Taisho (which is apparently very similar if not the same and just two doors down), but Oh Taisho (we inquired about both and Oh Taisho had a lesser wait).

This place is crowded. We went at around 9:30 on Saturday night and had to wait about 20 minutes (not bad at all) to get a seat. There were 4 of us so we ordered a ton of food; go figure. There are four different yakitori combo platters and we ordered two of them: A and B. Together they provided 20 skewers that consisted of chicken skin, gizzard, chicken meat ball, scallions, shrimp, beef, and pork. This of course wasn't enough so we ordered chicken heart skewers and also two or three different something wrapped in bacon skeweres. Also we had a root salad, kimchee type pasta dish and we orderd some rice balls but those never came.

All of the skewers were pretty good. Chicken heart was interesting and definitely not one of my favorites. Chicken skin, on the other hand, was certainly one of my favorites because it tasted like candy. The chicken meat balls were okay but my assessment is a little unfair because I had just recently had Sakagura's chicken meatballs, so yakitori never really had a chance.

Overall, this place is good and it's cheap, so it's definitely worth repeat visits. I'm sure Yakitori Taisho is in the same boat.

9 St. Marks Place
New York, NY 10003