It’s always fun to go to Yakitori Boy because you get to try so much different stuff. Go with new people each time, and it’s like a whole new restaurant. But don’t get me wrong, I usually end up ordering all the same stuff. Like the tatsuta age at the top. This deep fried chicken dish is one of my favorite japanese dishes of all time. H/A introduced me to it awhile back, and since I’ve only had it at Yakitori Boy, it remains my favorite. Whenever it comes out, it’s always super super hot, so you have to be careful not to burn your mouth. But damn, it’s so juicy and delicious. Below that is some kind of yakitori sampler. I don’t think you get to pick, so you just get whatever they bring out. We ended up with some pork belly, shrimp, liver, and balls. It was all good, except for liver. I do not care for liver. I wish it had been gizzards.
We got a bunch of rolls too. The ones at the bottom are some kind of tuna and avocado roll, the rainbow roll, and the green river roll. The massive crazy looking one at the top was a special of the day, and our server was cuckoo crazy over it. He insisted that we try it. It was good, but it was just way too much. It had fish and was deep fried and had crunch on top and was literally served with four different sauces at the same time. It should be called the schizophrenic roll.
The hokkak don. It’s so beautiful! The uni?  Ick. Nobody wanted it.
The pork ramen. Not bad! It’s still the only ramen I’ve had in Philadelphia, so far. And so far, it’s not bad. I’d order it.
My tempura soba. It’s still good! We ended up ordering way too much food and it was a shame that some of it did not end up getting eaten. But H/A did a fairly good job of doing his garbage man duties and eating most of everything. It’s always a fun time here.

I whipped up this super easy and tasty bourbon chicken dish after finding a random recipe online. I checked out the ingredients, I had most of them on hand, so I decided to try it out!
Here are the ingredients for this. As you can see, most of these things are standard items that nearly everyone should have on hand. The only things I had to pick up were apple juice and fresh ginger. And I cheated by using minced garlic.

Ingredients:
3 large chicken breasts
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 tsp ginger
3/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup apple juice
1/3 cup brown sugar (I used light, but you could use whatever)
2 Tbsp ketchup
1 Tbsp cider vinegar
1/4 -1/2 cup water
1/3 cup soy sauce
This dish is super easy to cook. First, get your rice cooking, so will be done and hot when the chicken is done. Cut up the chicken into bite sized bits. Heat oil, add chicken, and cook until mostly cooked through. Remove chicken to a separate bowl. Add remaining ingredients in a large skillet one by one, heating over medium heat, until everything is heated through and dissolved. See how beautiful the sauce is? I think you can actually add some bourbon to the sauce if you want. I did not. Add the chicken back in and bring to a hard boil. Reduce heat and simmer for an additional 20 minutes. Serve over hot rice. I used a mix of brown and white rice. See how easy that is? It’s good too.

The only things that bothered me was that there was no veggies at all. But since you’re simmering this for 20 minutes, you really can’t add normal veggies, because they will get all overcooked and soggy and turn mushy. This probably calls for water chestnuts or something along those lines. But since I don’t like water chestnuts, I’m not sure what I would end up adding. But it definitely needs some veg. Also, the sauce isn’t thick or glaze like, and it ends up being quite liquidy. It would be nice if it was more of a thick sauce, so perhaps add some corn starch mixture? I’ll have to experiment more next time.

I had just gone to Sampan for a regular meal, but after finding out about their happy hour, I decided to go check that out as well. There are a number of small plates for $2 and drink specials too. What’s to lose with $2 appetizers?
One of the cocktail specials… fruity… tasty… We got some seats at the kitchen bar, so you could watch all the action.
Up top we have the scallop with haricot vert, mustard, and almond. Delicious, and well cooked. Bottom is the chicken and shrimp spring roll. They serve it with mustard, but I really wish they just gave me duck sauce. I’m terrible that way. The roll it self was really good though.
The chicken dumplings with soy, sesame, scallions, and radish. Meh.
The chicken satay. This was bland. It was beyond bland. The peanut sauce was fine, but the chicken tasted like nothing. And the chicken had crunchy bits in it. I did not enjoy that. What was it, knuckle or something? Please skip this.
The korean bbq rib, which I got before, and liked before. I still like it! It’s still great!
The lamb chop! I’m not even into lamb, but this was my favorite dish of the night. For real! It’s got a little panko breadcrumb action going on with ginger and yakitori sauce.
The kobe beef hot dog! So yeah, I paid $2 for a hot dog. But the hot dog was made with kobe beef! But it still tasted just like a regular beef hot dog. It was a good dog though, don’t get me wrong. They serve it with mustard but I wish they would have just given me some ketchup. I know ketchup on a hot dog is for weenies, but that’s what I prefer! They broil these little dogs so the outside of them bursts when you bite into em and the rolls also have a bit of crunch. I would get this again! As far as happy hour deals go, this is a pretty darn good one! Get it while it lasts!