#1. District 1, Ben Thanh Market Japanese Restaurant YAKITORI KUWA Review
Japanese restaurant YAKITORI KUWA is located in an area with many barbershops across from Ben Thanh Market in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. It is a restaurant that has only recently opened, and tiny and neat interior. The high-quality chicken skewers(yakitori) cooked by the Japanese owner were better than expected. Of course, since it is located in the center of Ho Chi Minh City, the prices were quite high.
I visited alone for dinner on a Friday evening and sat at a bar table near the entrance. It was a newly opened restaurant with a clean wooden interior that gave off a typical Japanese restaurant vibe, and perhaps because it wasn't well known yet, there weren't many customers.
Since I visited to eat chicken skewers, I ordered Asahi beer, which went well with it. It is understandable that the prices are high overall because it is located in the city center, but the prices of Sapporo draft beer is 85,000VND and Asahi bottled beer is 75,000VND, so the beer prices felt more expensive than I thought.
The first dish I ordered was Assorted Oden 5 Kinds. It consisted of potato, egg, radish, fried tofu, and chicken wing. The fried tofu was also nice, but since it was a chicken skewers restaurant, they used good quality chicken, so the chicken wing was especially delicious.
I thought sake would go better with oden than beer, so I immediately ordered a bottle of the inexpensive sake Kacho Fugetsu. It had a smooth finish, a subtle floral aroma, and a light sourness, which went well with the mild-flavored oden.
The second dish I ordered was five kinds of chicken skewers with tare sauce. From the left, they were hearts, gizzards, thighs & green onions, wings, and thighs. I didn't expect much, but I was really surprised because the quality was as good as YAKITORI HACHIBEI, which is the best skewers in Ho Chi Minh.
For the third dish, I ordered a salt-sprinkled chicken wing skewer. They also served spicy, sour, and salty yuzu kosho. After removing the bones from the chicken wings, they skewer and grill them. It was really nice and very easy to eat. If you visit YAKITORI KUWA, you absolutely must order chicken wing skewer.
For the fourth and final dish, I ordered tsukune(chicken meatball). They served it with tsuyu sprinkled on it, and when I dipped it in the sticky egg yolk, it had a chewy and soft texture with a rich and savory taste, which gave me great satisfaction.
YAKITORI KUWA is located in an area with many barbershops across from Ben Thanh Market, so it is easy to access and the food is excellent, but the prices are quite high compared to other Japanese restaurants in Ho Chi Minh, so it is difficult to recommend it. However, the chicken skewers are truly one of the best in Ho Chi Minh, so it is definitely an attractive place.
#2. Japanese Restaurant YAKITORI KUWA Menu
Japanese restaurant YAKITORI KUWA sells various kinds of chicken skewers, some snacks, and oden. Compared to other yakitori restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, the prices of both food and drinks are very high, so it is difficult to say that it is a restaurant with good cost-effectiveness. However, it is located in the city center, so it is easy to access, and the quality of the chicken skewers is very high, so it is definitely a place with merits.
I visited alone for dinner on a Friday evening and ordered as follows:
Chicken Thigh: 50,000VND
Chicken Thigh with Leek: 50,000VND
Chicken Heart: 50,000VND
Chicken Gizzard: 50,000VND
Chicken Wing: 50,000VND x 2 EA = 100,000VND
Chicken Meatball with Egg Yolk: 80,000VND
Assorted Oden 5 Kinds: 170,000VND
Asahi Super Dry Beer: 75,000VND x 2 EA = 150,000VND
Kacho Fugetsu Sake: 240,000VND
The total was 925,000VND, and I got a 10,000VND discount for no reason, so the total came to 915,000VND. It was quite expensive for a meal alone, but I was satisfied with the taste. However, it was definitely a bit burdensome because it was more expensive than Ho Chi Minh’s number one yakitori restaurant, YAKITORI HACHIBEI(about 20-30% higher).
#3. Japanese Restaurant YAKITORI KUWA Hours and Location
Japanese restaurant YAKITORI KUWA is located in an area with many barbershops across from Ben Thanh Market in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. For detailed location, click the Check Location button below to check it on Google Maps.
Address: 62 Nguyễn Thái Bình, Phường Nguyễn Thái Bình, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh
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Phone: 0901375100
Hours: 11:30 ~ 14:00 / 18:00 ~ 23:00(Sat, Sun 17:00 ~ 22:00)
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