Comments on: My noodles or the highway

By: SauceSupreme

SauceSupreme — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:23:16 +0000

One of my favorite aspects about the menu at Tanuki is that it’s as much a shapeshifter as its namesake. On any given day, things are added or things disappear. And if you order omakase, then some off-menu items appear as well.

By: Kye

Kye — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:17:40 +0000

….I meant to Tanuki. Sorry for the confusion.

By: mamster

mamster — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:41:29 +0000

Sorry, we’re full over here!

By: Kye

Kye — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:10:35 +0000

Mamster, I am also very sad thinking about spilled gochujang. I respect and love the approach that Janice is taking with her food and the experience she wants her diners to have. And the value….you just can’t beat her omakase! I would like to move in with you.

By: mamster

mamster — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:28:08 +0000

Also, I've been to Ssam Bar and Tanuki one time each, so I'm not sure if my comparison is worth a spilled box of gochujang.

(Now I'm thinking about a spilled box of gochujang and feeling sad.)

By: mamster

mamster — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:26:27 +0000

Thanks for visiting my little venture, Janis.

Kye, I'd have to say I like Ssam Bar and Tanuki equally well, but in a different ways. Ssam Bar has a frenetic New York energy about it than Tanuki deliberately lacks. In short, I'd like to eat at Ssam Bar frequently, but I'd like to move into Tanuki.

By: The Nuki

The Nuki — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:18:59 +0000

Thanks Kye, for sending me a link to this lovely write up.

Regarding why I named my bar Tanuki- in Japanese folklore Tanuki is kind of a patron saint of sake merchants and restaurateurs. In izakaya (sake bars) and aka chochin (super divey sake bars) there will always be a statue of Tanuki to watch over them.

When you see a picture of a Tanuki (the spirit, not the real animal) he will always be carrying a sake flask in one hand and a fake promissory note in the other.

Anyway, so glad you enjoyed your visit. Thanks for your kind regard for my little venture.

By: Kye

Kye — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:00:48 +0000

Ssam Bar or Joule does not hold a candle to Tanuki. My husband and I go down to Portland from Seattle about every 3 weeks to go eat Janis’s food. The things she can do in the little kitchen of hers is amazing. I am glad you enjoyed the restaurant, Mamster.

By: mamster

mamster — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:05:01 +0000

I hate to admit that I haven’t been to Joule. I really need to rectify that; it sounds like completely my kind of place.

By: ts

ts — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:37:12 +0000

Is this what Joule is attempting as well?