Shakariki 432 Osaka style drinking restaurant opens in South Pattaya ...

[Jingthing]

From time to time, I think restaurant openings are worthy of a separate thread as opposed to a quick mention on the infamous HIT and RUN restaurant "review" thread.

I think Shakariki 432 is such a worthy case.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shakariki-432-%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%89/351476765063204

Why is that?

Well, this is rather a large chain from Japan with several Bangkok locations, with rather a large and unusual menu to those not expert in Japanese food, and a rather different concept for westerners ... a "drinking" restaurant.

You know the kind of place Japanese salarymen go to get drunk and yes ... eat a bunch of stuff, some of it weird stuff (to westerners).

Poking my head in, yes there are such drunken type groups enjoying themselves there.

Honestly, I have looked at their menu a number of times and have yet to try the place.

I find the menu overwhelming, confusing, and indeed rather intimidating.

Their specialty, ramen with beef GUTS doesn't appeal to me. Just not that into eating guts.

But they do have lots of other stuff that I would want to eat.

While there is already a lot of information online about their different menu choices, I thought maybe this thread would be a place where local people can share their experiences at this new restaurant. Please be as specific as possible, what you ordered, how you liked it ... pictures would be great.

The restaurant is located in South Pattaya, 2nd road, east side, not far North of Pattaya Tai.

In case you haven't seen it yet, it is not a large restaurant, so it gets crowded and noisy, but it is a very LOUD looking restaurant from the outside.

The prices as you might expect are not cheap but not outrageous either. In any case, it's a place to celebrate drink and food .... so definitely off the radar for those looking at price only.

[Asiantravel]

Beef guts ?

That reminds me of tripe which people in some parts of Europe eat with great enthusiasm though I don't know how

[OMGImInPattaya]

Beef guts ?

That reminds me of tripe which people in some parts of Europe eat with great enthusiasm though I don't know how

Agree...dats some nasty shitz...I'll stick with Fuji thank you.

[Jip99]

That looks offal to me......................

[Jingthing]

Well, not everyone is sticking with Fuji, thank you very much.

It's not so often that I feel INTIMIDATED by a menu ... just perusing their menu makes my brain hurt.

So I'm not sure I'm going to ever try it either.

But for those who do, I hope you can share your experiences with the forum here.

Also please be clear most of the menu is not innards but that is kind of their signature dish ... the innards ramen. I looked and didn't see any ramen dish that wasn't innards! They do have a nabe menu which appears to be kind of a hot pot concept as in ordering the base and then optional additions a la carte like MK.

Quite clearly, this place is about a lot more than food. There's the booze of course but also the decor and selling the "fun" experience. It's a bit Greek to me but I'm curious enough to hear more about it (without making my brain hurt).

[losworld]

Jing try it out give us a review:)

[Jingthing]

Jing try it out give us a review:)

I might never try it.

I am not presenting this thread as my review.

I am hoping others who do "get" their concept share with us.

It's quite a popular and successful chain but probably most of their market here is Japanese and Thais.

[Baerboxer]

Beef guts ?

That reminds me of tripe which people in some parts of Europe eat with great enthusiasm though I don't know how

Love tripe personally. And the Thais do great tripe.

I know one street restaurant near KU where 90% of the dishes are tripe and offal based.

My old mum used to do tripe cooked in milk with onions and mash or tripe cooked in water with chips and peas. Yummy.

[Jingthing]

I wouldn't be certain it is tripe. Guts would be intestine, right?

[bartender100]

Thanks for info, in the right mood i might give it a go

[jwdub]

Jing try it out give us a review:)

Are you kidding? Look how long it's taken him to over-analyze the 3 taco's for 99 baht deal before

finally deciding to splurge and try it himself .

[digbeth]

I'm a regular at their Bangkok location, haven't yet ventured to the Pattaya one

about the menu....

their menu is a combination of about 3-4 restaurants' worth where normally it'd be separate specialist restaurant, I don't know if the combination is done for Thai taste's benefits but it seem to work, as most specialist Japanese restaurant serving only one thing can be quite intimidating for the uninitiated.

one is a sushi-only

another is grill/tepan yaki for the drinking crowds

another is noodle

the one in Bangkok I went to do have separate restaurant in a row with separate kitchens

If you're scared of the beef intestine Jingting,

they make quite passable mapo-tofu with eggplant, quite spicy for a Japanese restaurant

[Jingthing]

I didn't see that dish on the menu.

I assume it's the same menu for all of their branches though, right?

Anyway, does anyone have a link to their entire menu?

That I'd like to see.

[digbeth]

this is barely a couple of pages worth of their 'grand' menu, the real thing is a very thick folder

[champers]

Tough if you don't want deep fried beef innards.

[digbeth]

Okay, the restaurant is breaking a few health codes

Fist is smoking, the main area is for smoking patrons, though they do ask if you're okay with it, presumably they have private rooms for those that mind the smoking,

but hey, I've seen smokier bar beer up the road

The other is showing depiction of alcoholic beverages bottles and glasses in menu(you can only show the label according to morality law), a big no-no and is starting to be a nice money earner for the authorities in Bangkok

A few unique dish that's not offal

GEN-Gen Gyoza stuffed with lotus roots, normally gengen gyoza are deep fried udon noodles in batter, this has Chinese styled lotus roots stuffed within

PariPari salad with gobo bark shavings, nothing to do with chickens or Nandos but quite notable nonetheless

There's no parking, but Royal garden Plaza is close enough

[digbeth]

The menu is not as big as the Bangkok's branch yet but the staff says they are adding more items soon

The fish are fresh enough, the throngs of Japanese salarymen must means a good turnover, but the menus at the moment seems to focus on drinking snacks like deep fried things,

The ones in Bangkok would have a special menu of the day where the have the freshest ingredients, no such luck in Pattaya yet, the Sushi/sashimi are fresh but the expensive items like finer cuts of tuna or sea urchin are not available yet

The food was good, atmosphere lively, looks like thenew staff are still learning their ropes in some area, overall, a dependable choice for genuine Japanese food that's relatively unintimidating (comparing to going to places in sriracha and findingout that the menus are all in Japanese)

Their menus have picture and both English and Thai descriptions