GODMOTHER

I had their spaghetti with natto and thought it was pretty good. It was a hint of a spicy kick, but still handle-​able. I’ll surely miss them and hope they come back to Shirokiya again soon!

This place is here for a limited time only (October 27). Japanese and Italian together? I love Angelo Pietro’s so I had to try this. They were giving samples of their Japanese Napolitain which is a tomato sauce pasta.
Their pasta is gluten free. They have 6 types of pasta to choose from and you can add more toppings like arabiki sausage or sardines and sides such as garlic bread or the soup of the day. The pasta dished range around $ 9-​$ 11 before any additions. (see photos I added for menu).
I chose the mentaiko cream pasta. This pasta has a melted butter sauce with mentaiko (spicy salted fish eggs) and Japanese herb ooba and seaweed to top it off. I thought the dish was unique and very tasty. It wasn’t too spicy or oily and had a good flavor to it.
The portion is small but that’s what I expected since most Japanese food comes in smaller portions.
It’s too bad I came to try this place only now. They are only here a few more days… Godmother, you made my tummy as happy as a belle at a ball!

Here for a limited time only! This little temporary showcase to the Shirokiya Yataimura dining experience is a little different from the usual Japanese fare you would normally find here. Yes, it is a restaurant from Japan, but they serve up their version of Italian pasta dishes.
Much like other Japanified Italian spots like Angelo Pietro’s Godmother serves up flavors you wouldn’t normally find in more traditional Italian eateries. They were handing out little sample cups if their meat sauce spaghetti, and the Japanese influence was obvious right away. The sauce was on the sweeter side. Almost like ketchup was a principal ingredient. I’m nit saying this was a bad thing because it wasn’t. I actually enjoyed the different flavor. Just be prepared for it.
I had ended up ordering something even more Japanese. It had natto, katsuo (bonito shavings), grated Daikon, and some other toppings I can’t recall at the moment. The spaghetti noodles were superbly aldente. Even in the sample cups. I love that I can rely on these Japanese places to get their noodles right! If you’re interested in trying this it was the #6, I believe. I also opted for the combo which included chips and garlic bread.
The service was quick and efficient, though not overly friendly. I guess that’s pretty standard for a temporary Japanese food court offering?
In all I shelled out close to $ 20 which is pretty spendy for lunch, but it was a nice change of pace, and I left full and satisfied with my Godmother experience.
Would I eat there again? Sure, if I manage to make it to Yataimura again before Godmother packs up to head back to the (God)motherland. If I miss them, no sweat since I can cross the parking lot and head to th he ground level for Pietro’s.
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At shirokiya until late October in Yataimura.
They offered a sample of their tomato-​based Neapolitan with arabiki sausage which was a bit sweet for my palate, might be good for kids.
They do offer a $ 12 set that comes with garlic bread and some fries, but I can’t remark since I didn’t try it.
GF and I settle on #4 Perperoncino with iriko and shiso like Remi M. mentioned. It is indeed Japanese style which is a nice twist if you’ve never had Japanese Italian or haven’t in a while.
Got an $ 8 pasta to go and it was pretty decent. For the price and portion though, it was OK at best.
It’s worth giving a try, but I’ve got nothing to rave about.
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Japanese Italian pasta pop-​up that’s here until October 27.
Having just completed watching the entire series of K-​Drama «Pasta» in my Netflix queue (5 Stars btw) I thought this would be a nice way to cap things off, ha ha.
For what you get it’s kind of expensive. They were passing out samples of #1 The Japanese Napolitain which is a sweet tomato based pasta with pork sausage, onion and cheese. It reminded me of Filipino spaghetti which tends to be on the sweet side. I decided to try the #4 Japanese Style Garlic Peperoncino which is described as a pasta with garlic and chili oil sauce, topped off with young dried sardines and Japanese herb Ooba (shiso?). It was $ 9.21 w/​tax.
So the taste? Definitely different. Just A-​OK for me. It was not anything to be blown away about. It was not very garlicky and it was mildly spicy. They did top it off with lots of young iriko (sardines). If your not a fish person I don’t think you would enjoy this. Very tiny and soft in texture. I liked the slivered shiso leaves. Gave it an interesting twist. Portion is kind of small for $ 9.00 so I guess it’s a good excuse to hit someplace else up for dessert afterwards.
They were also selling gluten free packaged pasta (dried) made from brown rice.
Kind of undecided if I’ll go back. If I do maybe it will be to try the Menataiko Cream.
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