Family meal for one, Family Meal for all. This is how places like Gyu-Kaku make do during unusual times, with whole-family feeders to go. It takes all the guesswork out of ordering, and true-to-claim, this one will feed three hungry adults or parents with a couple of kids.
They cover all their bases, starting light with a little Edamame. The beans are cooked until soft without making them into mush. There's also a Gyu-Kaku Salad (not pictured) which has a nice mix of veggies, and their sesame dressing is a good one.
For mains you get two Gyu-Bentos, one with paper-thin, Yaki-shabu Beef in Miso, which is as dry as jerky, and one with Toro Beef in sweet soy which is not very different and just slightly less dry.
I do like the Sukiyaki Beef Fried Rice, which is moist but keeps the texture of individual grains and tastes like it was soaked in soup. The Garlic Noodles with Chicken are creamy and slick, all buttery with sweet garlic, the best thing by far. They were so good they disappeared before I got a picture.
Just that is plenty, but you get a few bonus nibbles to boot. The Fried Pork Gyoza have a balanced filling with a crispy wrapper that survives the journey and seals in the juice.
I love a good wing, and these Black Pepper Wings will do; crispy on the outside, concisely juicy underneath.
I did enjoy most of this meal, but the bbq from a bbq restaurant was dry so I can’t honestly rank them high. That said, their family meal is an affordable no-worries treat if you have kids and don’t feel like cooking. There are other things I’d rather recommend, but I’m far from hating this one.
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