A Typical Night

One of my favorite things to do is go and sit at the sushi bar at Funaie. Many times my friends and I will go with a good size group and sit at a table, but I prefer to go with a one or two people and squeeze in at the bar. (we always tend to get set corner of the bar, but that is ok, in the end people always end up coming over near us, and it gives us a good place to view all those coming and leaving the bar)



Tiffany and I So even though japanese is pure shite, I find that everytime I sit hereI get to chat with the Tsuchi, the sushi chef that always works down where we sit and randomly feeds us odd and end items the and waiters as they scream Moscow Mule, futatsu acroos the bar. Now if you have never been to an izakaya, realize that they don't just yell it one time.... it goes in a series, so for example we will tell Akira, "Nomihodai, onegaishimasu, Moscow Mule futatsu." (Two hours of drinking, two moscow mules please) and then Akira will yell it to Tsuchi (who maybe three feet away), and Tsuchi will yell it to Ma-chan (who may also be 3-6 feet away), and Ma-chan will yell it to Hiroko (who is running around in between tables in some other corner of the restaraunt) , and then Hiroko will yell it to whoever, and then everyone in the restaraunt is running around screaming "Moscow Mule Futatsu!" This happens anytime you order, it is even greater when other people are ordering things somewhere else in the restaraunt, it turns into an orchestrated symphony of orders (sort of like they do it at a grease-spoon cafe in the states, like a waffle house, but instead of screaming scattered and smothered, they are screaming random things in japanese)

Akira...he is my favorite waiter at Funaie- I abuse him by asking him if my ecchi japanese is decent...it always brings on a great time..he likes to practice his funny English, and he gets a kick out of our presence...other than always seeing the regular Funaie employees, we also tend to run into the owners of Nova, the one club in town. Due to our constant bumping into each other, we have now been granted life-time passes to the club.