...what is Yakitori!?

Okay... it's occurred to me that I haven't exactly explained what Yakitori is.

Basically, it's various bits of chicken meat on skewers, barbequed over glowing charcoals. Much like satay, but without the sweet sauce brushed over them whilst cooking. I think the meat is usually marinated before cooking, not during. The main flavours are:

Shio [塩 - しお] - salt,
Tare [たれ] - a sweeter soya sauce marinate...very nice, and
Miso [みそ] - just like the soup, also based on soya.

Sometimes vegetables are skewered between the chicken, sometimes it's just different parts of the chicken; thigh [momo - もも], heart, skin [kawa - かわ]... and so on.

Despite Yakitori, meaning grilled/barbequed chicken. It's not always chicken. Last night we had a Nabe; a kind of Japanese hotpot, there are many variations within Japan alone. There was also, pork, skewered and barbecued.