We chose a nice course menu at Hakkei where oden was one of many dishes, so we got to see and taste a good variety. Not only was everything very tasty, but our waiter who brought out all the dishes was such a friendly and funny guy that we were in pretty good spirits throughout our meal. I forgot to take a picture of the first dish, but here are pics of the rest of our dishes. (The waiter was looking at my pics and giving me advice on how I could take them better, so hopefully they look ok. =)
First dish: Soy milk sesame tofu - so soft and creamy. No picture
Next dish: Assortment of appetizers - crab and chrysanthemum greens (shungiku) with miso paste and goji berry; chicken wrapped with konbu seaweed; pumpkin with octopus and soy beans; salmon roe with mountain yam
Next dish: Red snapper sashimi with veggies(can you tell that the carrot and daikon are bunny-shaped?) and ponzu
Next dish: Grilled managatsuo (pompano), shrimp, and mango sunomono (vinegared dish). We loved the fish, and the mango sunomono was a nice local touch.
Next dish: Unohana - sauteed okara and vegetables. Okara is the left over part when soymilk or tofu is made from soybeans, and is supposed to be very nutritious.
Next dish: Kakiage-style tempura of chrysanthemum greens, Maui onions, and scallops.
Next dish: Oden! For this part we got to go to a big tub near the kitchen filled with different ingredients and choose which 3 ingredients we wanted for our personal pot, kind of like a kid in a candy store. After we warmed up with the oden, they filled the remaining broth with udon noodles so we could enjoy the broth a second time.
Dessert: Black bean haupia. Haupia is a coconut pudding Hawaiian dessert, often found at luaus. I loved this black bean version!
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