Capital Steakhouse is one of the many teppanyaki style restaurants in Okinawa that are very popular with locals, American military personnel, and tourists alike.
Curry House Coco Ichibanya is a Japanese style curry restaurant popularly known for quick and efficient service, and its signature curry rice dishes that can be highly customized to individual tastes in seemingly endless variations.
There’s something magical about dining at a pizza parlor. Nearby tables entertain themselves with playful banter as they dine. Red pepper and parmesan cheese shakers abound. A salad bar waits. Sodas are in plastic tumblers fizzing to the top.
The Highway Drive In Restaurant is almost un-noticeable to tourists. It's an inconspicuously small dot along the roadway with faded katakana signage shrouded behind trees.
I never know what to expect when visiting Sideways, a sports and music bar on Chuo Park Avenue - also known as BC Street - in Okinawa City's Koza business district.
There is good reason to crave tacos and taco rice when in Okinawa. The latter, which consists of taco flavored ground beef spread on a bed of rice and topped with shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes and cheese, was conceived on this island in 1984.
