Some people eat to live, and some live to eat. For me... well, I do a bit of both. On “my jeans don’t fit oh god why am I such a glutton?!” days, It wouldn’t be at all strange for me to eat just to live. Honestly, if food didn’t taste so good, I would eat only because I had to. Unfortunately, most of the time, I eat because food is tasty. It's all very unfortunate for my waistline and my wallet... mostly unfortunate for my wallet.
Today, I’m going to talk about an extremely tiny izakaya joint located in the Inner Sunset of San Francisco. The establishment is called Izakaya Souzai.
The restaurant is tiny and crowded. Extremely crowded. Some things to know:
- They don’t take reservations after they open
- If you want to eat there after they open, you have to go to the restaurant and tell the host your name, party, and telephone number
- Don’t go if you have to spend your parents money or if you’re struggling to pay rent and/or your bills--that’s a bad idea all around.
That said, I’m also Chinese-American. I grew up eating homecooked Chinese food which means some things I eat are considered weird and gross by American standards. I will inevitably order “weird” meats when I’m at an izakaya joint.
Okay, Izakaya Souzai, food was good overall, as was the service. I can’t really complain about how expensive it is because you know that going into an izakaya. If I were to rate it on Yelp, I’m giving it somewhere between 3 and 4 stars and here’s why:
