Yakitori at Iseya Kichijoji

After attending a Summer festival among the crowd and the heat, we decided to eat at Iseya renewaled recently. Anyway it was my first time to go there so I can't compare the difference with the old building.

Iseya now has 1st floor with air-conditioner but still keeps the standing part with a counter where you can see the grill and smell the smoke.

We sat on a small table squeezed with other customers holding our bags on our knees, and ordered a nice cold beeeeeer to start with.

The bar's recommendation was: home made Xiu Mai (dumpling) and brochettes of chicken and Kentucky oyster(photo : Kashira, Gatsu, Nankotsu) which I'm not that fond of...
My favourite was Xiu Mai made with juicy pork meat. As Iseya is Yakitori bar it might be more polite to recommend theire brochettes (which were still very nice) but as an impact I rather enjoyed their hearty Xiu Mai.