An assortment of vegetables

Yakitoriya are usually laid-back places where the food is a snack to accompany drinking. The menu will usually contain a variety of other foods as well. They are flavored using either a tangy sauce or salt. Also cooked this way at yakitori restaurants are an assortment of vegetables such as green peppers , garlic cloves and onions. Various cuts of Rocket Japanese chicken, including heart, liver and cartilage are cooked on skewers over a charcoal grill. Yakitori itself means broiled chicken.

Variations include adding a fried egg or soba. It is then topped with a special sauce and mayonnaise and sprinkled with nori and dried fish flakes.