[Seoul/Euljiro 3-ga] Yuzuho – A great Izakaya restaurant for a casual meal in Euljiro

This is the third stop, following Na Jeong-sun Halmae Jjukkumi and Jongno Seolleongtang.
Continuing the day drinking..
I chose an izakaya to lightly work off the food.

1 minute walk from Exit 10 of Euljiro 3-ga Station.
Thanks to the yellow awning, it is visible from a distance.
True to its name, Yuzuho, it has the color of a yuzu.

The bar seats in front of the door were covered with vinyl curtains.
There is also a separate English menu.

The inside is narrow and long.
Red neon and noren create the atmosphere of a Japanese alley izakaya.

One glass of sake (120ml), a tokkuri (360ml),
It is sold in individual bottles (1.8L).
The price is written in Yen, and 1 Yen = 10 Won.
900 yen per cup is 9,000 won.

Shochu consists of four ingredients: barley, sweet potato, rice, and perilla.
There is also a 3-piece sampler for both sake and shochu.

Hoobiden Tsurugi 12,000 won / Kitto Junmai Daiginjo 14,000 won (one glass)

Two types of sake, one glass each.
Hoobiden Tsurugi
It is a Karaguchi Junma from Kobayashi Brewery in Tochigi Prefecture.
The menu says “clean and crisp.”.
Karakuchi means dry sake.

Kitto is a sake from Heiwa Shujo in Wakayama Prefecture.
This is Junmai Daiginjo brewed with Yamada Nishiki rice.

Junmai is a sake made using only rice, koji, and water, and,
Daiginjo is a grade of rice milled to 501 TP3 T or less.
Yamada Nishiki is the name of a rice variety.
It is a breed called the King of Sakamai.
Even within the same grade, it costs a bit more.

Mugino-mugi (Barley) · Konno (Sweet Potato) 10,000 won each (per cup)

If you order shochu, it comes with an on-the-rocks glass and ice.
Muginomugi is barley shochu brewed only with barley and barley koji.,
Konno is sweet potato shochu.

Honkaku shochu is distilled only once using a single still.
It is characterized by the strong lingering scent of the ingredients.

The downside is that there is no regular alcohol.
Because there are no options like Chamisul or domestic beer
You must only drink alcohol that costs around 10,000 won per glass.
If you have a few drinks, the price per cup is quite high.

For the snacks, start with fried Camembert cheese.
If you cut it open, the melted Camembert flows out as is.

Beans served as an otoshi (basic appetizer).
It's a complimentary appetizer, but it's delicious. I keep reaching for it.
This really sticks in my memory.

I think today's sashimi was 10,000 won.
I tried ordering the one attached to the wall, but I can't see the picture.
(I can't quite remember the price...)
It is good to have a little bit of engawa at a low price.

Even the fried shrimp served headfirst

The menu is rather ordinary rather than outstanding.
I also wonder if I should have ordered the Torinabe to better capture the essence of the name Yuzuho.
I was too full for that.

It feels like a neighborhood izakaya you can casually drop by.
I enjoyed the meal 🙂