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Kiraku
Japanese
The sweet potato brulée, a potato starch custard torched to a glassy crust, gives you a sense of how this Berkeley izakaya operates: familiar enough to land, unexpected enough to stay with you. The menu shifts constantly around a core of Japanese small plates, with daily specials that swing from nigiri to okonomiyaki depending on the chef's mood. The San Francisco Chronicle named it among the best restaurants in Berkeley.
The awards strongest first
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Berkeley restaurants
One number, weighted & current 62
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Sweet potato brulee
“No meal at Kiraku is complete without the sweet potato brulee, a potato starch-infused custard with glassy, torched sugar crystals.”
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Okonomiyaki
“For something a little heftier, check out the saucy savory pancake known as okonomiyaki and umami-packed uni pasta.”
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Uni pasta
“For something a little heftier, check out the saucy savory pancake known as okonomiyaki and umami-packed uni pasta.”
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Garlic edamame
“If those don’t sound enticing, the daily menu always delivers hits, like the crunchy, tempura-battered corn or the garlic edamame, a great value at $6.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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