Thursday, May 31st Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Asparagus & Bacon
• Shigure ni (Stewed beef & burdock root)
• Nagaimo no Tanzaku Giri
• Saba no Miso ni

Today's Miso Soup
• Fresh Made Tofu & Wakame

Wednesday, May 30th Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Saba no Miso Ni
• Philadelphia Rice Croquette (Rice croquette with smoke salmon and cream cheese)
• Ika no Inro-zume (Japanese Paella stuffed Squid, stewed in soy broth)

Today's Miso soup:
• Enoki Mushroom & Wakame


Liquor Note:
Sake re-stocked!

Sorry for inconvenience yesterday. "Born" is a fabulous sake (it is a really great sake), but I know it could be over your budget. Now we have other sakes, too. More and more sake & wine to come throughout this month!

Tuesday, May 29th Special

Today's Obanzai:
• MLT (Mizuna, Lettuce, and Tomato) Salad
• Philadelphia Rice Croquette
• Nasu Moro-miso Yaki (Grilled egg plant with moro-miso)

Today's Miso soup:
• Fresh MadeTofu & Wakame

Monday, May 28th Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Tako Su (Octopus with Japanese Vinegar)
• Zucchini Tempura
• Chikuzen ni

Today's Miso soup:
• Fresh MadeTofu & Wakame

Saturday, May 26th Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Zucchini Tempura
• Chikuzen ni
• Mushed Sweet Potato with Organic Poached Egg

Today's Miso soup:
• Enoki Mushroom & Fresh Made Tofu

Happy Memorial Day!!

Oh, we are open for dinner on Memorial Day.
If you are not out of the town, come and eat with us!

Friday, May 25th Special

Finally, we are serving Sake & Beer from tonight!
Today and tomorrow, we have a limited selection.
Next week, we'll have more selection of sake and wine !!


Today's Obanzai:
• Yaki Saba Sushi
• Grilled Erigi Mushroom with Onion Dressing
• Chinese Broccoli & Green Beans with Oyster Sauce

Today's Miso soup:
• Enoki Mushroom & Fresh Made Tofu

Thursday, May 24th Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Chicken & Soy Beans no Taitan
• Shishito Pepper & Grilled Tofu & Jako no Taitan
• Agedashi Egg Plant

Today's Miso soup:
• Enoki Mushroom

Liquor License Update 2

If everything goes well, we'll be serving alcohol from Friday.
I'll re-post and confirm this on Friday.

This is our business lawyer, Glenn Wright.














He helped our lease negotiation, corporate set up, and yes, liquor license!
He is a very nice guy, and talk like a real person.
He also used to live in Cobble Hill area. (What a coincident!)
We totally recommend him for your small business needs.

The Wright Law Firm

As many of you already know, we had a very small capital to start our restaurant. So (though his fee was reasonable) legal fee was a big deal for us. But we thought it'll cost more down the road if we didn't have a proper legal help to set up our business.
Glenn made everything easier for us, so we could concentrate on setting up the restaurant.
Thank you, Glenn!

Wednesday, May 23rd Special

Today's Special:
• Negi Toro (Chopped Toro with scallion) $10.50

Today's Obanzai:
• Saba Yuan Yaki
• Shishito Pepper & Grilled Tofu no Taitan
• Rice Croquette with Crab and Shiso Leaf

Today's Miso soup:
• Fresh Made Tofu & Wakame & Cirantro

Tuesday, May 22nd Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Miso Marinated Saba Yaki Sushi
• Kon-nyaku & Zen-mai no Taitan
• Rice Croquette with Crab and Shiso Leaf
• Steamed Chicken Goma Ae

Today's Miso soup:
• Enoki Mushroom & Wakame

Monday, May 21st Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Soba (buck wheat noodle) & Arugula Salad with Ponzu Dressing
• Renkon (Lotus Root), White Fish Hasami Age
• Steamed Chicken Goma Ae

Today's Miso soup:
• Enoki Mushroom

Saturday, May 19th Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Saba Miso Yaki
• Moro-Q
• Rice Croquette with Crab and Shiso Leaf

Today's Miso soup:
• Enoki Mushroom

Have a great weekend!

Friday, May 18th Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Tuna, Kon-nyaku, Yaki Tofu Stew
• Sweet Potato Tempura
• Rice Croquette with Crab, Shishito Pepper, and Shiso Leaf

Today's Miso soup:
• Shiitake Mushroom & Shishito Pepper

Final Chiki Chiki Tally

Here's the final tally for Chiki Chiki Obanzai Race.

Mami & Nobu tried to follow, but Hinata won with 29 order of her Obanzai!
Hinata will get 5000 yen.

Thank you for joining our Chiki Chiki Obanzai Race!

Liquor License Update!

We are almost there!
If everything goes accordingly, we'll start serving alcohol sometime next week.
We'll serve Sake, Wine & Beer.
We'd like you to experience the really good sake, and feel how it complement our food!

We'll keep you posted for the exact date.

Chiki Chiki Tally on Wednesday

Here's tally of Obanzai Race as of Wednesday.

Hinata's "Black Peppered Tofu Popcorn Skewers with Sesame Sauce" took the lead!

Thursday is the last day of our Obanzai Race!
Come and join us!

Chiki Chiki Tally on Tuesday

Here's tally of Obanzai Race as of Tuesday.
Shiho's "Tuna Fish and Cream Cheese Crispy Dumpling" is leading!

I'll keep you posted!

Chiki Chiki Machine Obanzai Race (Wacky Obanzai Races) photos

Here's the photos of participating Obanzai.















Hinata
Black Peppered Tofu Popcorn Skewers with Sesame Sauce















Shiho
Tuna Fish and Cream Cheese Crispy Dumplings















Mami
Chicken Nanban:
Fried then sweet soy vinegar marinated chicken with tartar sauce















Etsuko
Hiyashi Udon:
Chilled udon noodle soup with shiitake, daikon, carrot, radish sprouts and shredded thin egg omelet














Meiko
Daigaku Imo:
Candied fried sweet potatoes















Kuu
Chikuzen Ni:
Organic chicken stew in the northern Kyushu style, lotus root, burdock, carrot and konnyaku(jellylike potato starch paste)















Nobu
Moro-Q:
Fresh Japanese cucumber sticks with barley miso dip

Photos updated!



And winner will be awarded with 5000yen ($50!).

Chiki Chiki Obanzai Race (Wacky Obanzai Races) Starts!

Chiki Chiki Obanzai Race starts tonight!
Our chefs are prepping the obanzai like crazy -- it's 7 obanzai 3 days in a row. Lots of work!

We are serving these obanzai from tonight through thursday night (May 15th--17th).

So if you have time, please stop by to join our "Chiki Chiki Obanzai Race."
Or you can simply cast your vote via e-mail!

Here's the recap of participating obanzai:

Hinata
Black Peppered Tofu Popcorn Skewers with Sesame Sauce

Shiho
Tuna Fish and Cream Cheese Crispy Dumplings

Mami
Chicken Nanban:
Fried then sweet soy vinegar marinated chicken with tartar sauce

Etsuko
Hiyashi Udon:
Chilled udon noodle soup with shiitake, daikon, carrot, radish sprouts and shredded thin egg omelet

Meiko
Daigaku Imo:
Candied fried sweet potatoes

Kuu
Chikuzen Ni:
Organic chicken stew in the northern Kyushu style, lotus root, burdock, carrot and konnyaku(jellylike potato starch paste)

Nobu
Moro-Q:
Fresh Japanese cucumber sticks with barley miso dip


(For the photos of our servers, please see
Chiki Chiki Machine Obanzai Race Participant
For Chiki Chiki Obanzai Race detail, please see
Chiki Chiki Machine Obanzai Race Announcement)

Enjoy!

Monday, May 14th Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Fried Tara (Cod Fish)
• Rice Croquette with Crab & Shishito Pepper
• Hijiki no Taitan

Today's Miso soup:
• Enoki Mushroom & Snow Pea

HMF Project: Basil Adoption

Our basil got big enough to be adopted.
So we had an "adoption day" on last Thursday.














Again, they were waiting for their future parents by the window.

All the basil had found new homes. (hooray!)
Here's some of the kind people who adopted our basil.










































Basil look little wilted, but don't worry. With water, Sun and more soil, they'll grow even bigger! We may have to serve little Italian Tapas (!) once Tomato & Basil are ready to be harvested ;-)

Saturday, May 10th Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Niku Tofu (Thinly sliced beef & Tofu stewed in soy broth)
• Avocado Tempura
• Gobo, Mizuna & Carrot Salad
• Fried Tara (Cod Fish)

Today's Miso soup:
• Daikon & Shishito Pepper

Chiki Chiki Machine Obanzai Race (Wacky Obanzai Races) Participant

Here's the race participant & their Obanzai Ideas!















Hinata
Black Peppered Tofu Popcorn Skewers with Sesame Sauce















Shiho
Tuna Fish and Cream Cheese Crispy Dumplings















Mami
Chicken Nanban:
Fried then sweet soy vinegar marinated chicken with tartar sauce















Etsuko
Hiyashi Udon:
Chilled udon noodle soup with shiitake, daikon, carrot, radish sprouts and shredded thin egg omelet















Meiko
Daigaku Imo:
Candied fried sweet potatoes















Kuu
Chikuzen Ni:
Organic chicken stew in the northern Kyushu style, lotus root, burdock, carrot and konnyaku(jellylike potato starch paste)















Nobu
Moro-Q:
Fresh Japanese cucumber sticks with barley miso dip


Please come over to Hibino to enjoy these Obanzai
Or cast your vote via e-mail!
(Don't forget to include both winner & runner up)

Chiki Chiki Machine Obanzai Race (Wacky Obanzai Races) Announcement

I'd like to announce that we are having
"Chiki Chiki Machine Obanzai Race" from
May 15th (Tue) to May 17th (Thu).

Here's the outline of the race. It's quite simple:
• Our servers are submitting ideas for Obanzai to Hirohisa & Masaru.
• We'll serve those Obanzai on Tue, Wed, Thur of next week.
• The person who came up with the idea for most ordered Obanzai win the race.

You can participate in two forms:
• Come to Hibino and eat those obanzai.
• E-mail us and let us know who would win (please include Winner & runner up names).
If you can get winner & runner up right, we'll give you our fresh made Tofu!
In case of e-mail participation, please e-mail us by the end of Wednesday, May 16th.

Here's the people who will cook obanzai:

Our Chef Hirohisa














and Chef Masaru















I'll introduce our servers and their obanzai ideas in separate post!

FYI:
In Japan, "Wacky Races" was broadcasted in Japanese title "Chiki Chiki Machine Mou Race."

Thursday, May 10th Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Asparagus & Organic Poached Egg with soy broth
• Ginger Braised Tuna and Grilled Tofu
• Grilled Soy-Brushed Summer Corn
• Ika Ringu (Crispy fried squid rings)

Today's Miso soup:
• Shiitake & Wakame

HMF Project: WANTED!!!

WANTED!
Foster parents for our Baby Basil Plant

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

If you’d like to grow a Basil at your home,
please come in to pick up the pod!
We have a bunch of baby basil plants
in need of new home.

Now you are a Micro Farmer, too!

HIBINO Micro Farmer Project

Wednesday, May 9th Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Ginger Braised Tuna and Grilled Tofu
• Grilled Soy-Brushed Summer Corn
• Yaki Saba Sushi (Grilled Mackerel Sushi)
• Ika Ringu (Crispy fried squid rings)

Today's Miso soup:
• Shishito Peppers & Wakame

Tuesday, May 8th Special

Today's Special
• Hamo Oshi-sushi (pressed sushi with Hamo)

Today's Obanzai:
• Potato Salad Japanese Style
• Yaki Saba Sushi (Grilled mackerel sushi)
• Garlic Tuna Stake
• Ohitashi (Egg plant & Enoki mushroom)

Today's Misosoup:
• Okura & Shishito

Hibino Info

Here's the basic info of Hibino.

We are open for
Lunch: Mon–Fri 12 noon to 2:30 PM
Dinner: Mon–Thu 5:30 PM to 10 PM
Fri & Sat 5:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Click "Hibino Menu" link on the right for the menu

Liquor license pending
Hoping to get it soon!! Then we can serve you really good sake!

Not delivering yet, but you can take out

Cash only at the moment
In the process of accepting charge card--coming soon!

Obanzai changes daily
Since we prepare this fresh every day, sometimes it could sell out.

We always love to see you!


Now (finally! sorry to catch on late) all the posting has a label.
So you can view this blog by a category.
(ex. if you want to see other "info," you can click on the label at the end of this post. Then you'll see all the other post related to "info." )

Monday, May 7th Special

Today's Special:
• Yaki Uni Tamago Tofu (Egg Tofu served with grilled sea urchin) $6

Today's Obanzai:
• Potato Salad Japanese Style
• Yaki Saba Sushi (Grilled mackerel sushi)
• Tofu Burger

Today's Misosoup:
• Okura

HMF Project Update: We are watching you!

Even when Hibino is closed, we are here watching you pass by. We think of our brothers and sisters. How they would be doing at their new homes. Some may be staying at the window sill as we are. Some would get planted in the garden.














Because now we have more space to spread out, we are getting bigger faster! Our dear friend, "Tomato-chan" is getting taller, too.














Our neighbor Basil's are also getting ready for their adoption day.














Say hello to us when you pass by!

Saturday, May 5th Special

Today's obanzai:
• Fried Kiss (Fried whiting)
• Sato imo & Eringi no Taitan
• Rice Croquette with Crab
• Niku Jaga (Potato stewed with thinly sliced beef, Onion, and Carrot)
• Tofu Burger

Today's Misosoup:
• Green Beans


Because we want to serve you fresh made obanzai,
we prepare them in limited quantities.
Sometimes, especially for weekend, obanzai sell out early.
We are sorry, but we don't want to serve you "old" food.
Thanks!

Friday, May 4th Special

Today's obanzai:
• Rice Croquette with Crab
• Niku Jaga (Potato stewed with thinly sliced beef, Onion, and Carrot)
• Hamburg stake Japanese style

Today's Misosoup:
• Fresh made Tofu & Tokyo Scallion


We'll probably do "Basil Adoption" sometime next week.
Have a fabulous weekend!

Thursday, May 3rd Special

Today's obanzai:
• Rice Croquette with Crab
• Rotus root & Eringi Mushroom Kinpira
• Thin Sliced Short Rib & Shishito no Taitan

Today's Misosoup:
• Fresh made Tofu & Shishito

Wednesday, May 2nd Special

Today's obanzai:
• Rice Croquette with Crab
• Rotus root & Eringi Mushroom Kinpira
• Short Rib & Shishito no Taitan

Today's Misosoup:
• Wakame & Shishito

Tuesday, May 1st Special

Today's Obanzai:
• Takikomi Gohan (Japanese Paella)
• Kabocha (Japanese Pumpkin) no Taitan with Chicken Meat Ball
• Fried Shishito with Bonito Flake
• Ginger Grilled Squid
• Butter sauteed Japanese Mushrooms (Shiitake, Eringi, Enoki)

Today's Miso Soup:
• Green Beans