There’s something nostalgic about watching this Japanese man at Tani’s Kitchen run his business.
He places sashimi over rice, he mumbles Japanese mumbles, hums his karaoke love song to his dainty little wife waiting tables. He pours his curry, hums even more karaoke love songs and fries his tempura in a sea of hot oil.
For 18 years, the same couple has upkept the little closet of a restaurant among the titanic-sized chains that make up the Westlake Shopping Center in Daly City. An antique among recent developments..
My tempura don was a comforting meal on this breezy Bay Area afternoon. I’ll be back to eat again.
