01 / ABOUT THE PLACE
About this place
One diner praised the chicken tenderloin skewer for being thoroughly cooked yet still moist, making it a tempting first choice. You can order skewers such as negima (chicken and spring onion), gizzard and tsukune (chicken meatball) individually, or choose an assorted selection of 4 or 6 skewers. At Gachimaya, whose specialities are grilled skewers and Okinawan food, it’s easy to pair a few skewers with Okinawan small plates for a classic izakaya-style meal.
Vegetable-wrapped skewers offer another way to mix things up. Lettuce-wrapped skewers have been singled out as a favourite, and the menu also includes spring onion, shiitake mushroom and tomato with bacon. Among the Okinawan dishes, diners have praised the mozuku seaweed tempura, while others have visited especially for soki soba, a noodle dish with pork ribs. The menu also features Okinawa soba, āsa soba—named for āsa, the Okinawan word for green seaweed—and taco rice, making it easy to round out a meal with Okinawan flavours.
For a few more dishes to share, try options made with Okinawan ingredients, such as Agu pork sausage stir-fried with green chillies, mapo tofu made with island tofu, or deep-fried jīmāmi tofu in broth. One diner mentioned the sausage stir-fry as a particular highlight. The menu lists it at 680 yen.
Drinks include Okinawa-inspired choices such as Orion beer, shikuwasa citrus sour and Island Highball, alongside soft drinks including oolong tea and green tea. Groups looking to sample a little of both the skewers and Okinawan dishes can also consider the menu’s course, which includes all 8 items and 2.5 hours of free-flow drinks.
