Moku Moku
“There are a variety tasting salts to go with skewers, with range from relatively ordinary pieces of meat to hirame and tsukune.”
“I highly recommend the salmon pastrami, the grilled beef tongue, chicken gizzard, mentaiko mazemen, and the brussel sprouts.”
“and pork fried rice were great–and the Uni Mazemen (with edamame to complete the "Japanese carbonara" visual) was out of this world.”
Moku Moku
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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Whoa! Such an awesome place and awesome concept. Basically, Japanese tapas. Little plates of incredible goodness. At first, I was like, you want how much money for a tiny bowl of Brussels sprouts?? But I tried it, and it was soooo worth it. They also do these little skewers of food. I basically had a 'corndog' consisting of a stick skewering lengthwise through an octopus tentacle, covered with delicate breading. Normally, I'm like, ew, octopus tentacle, but this was quite the amazing experience of texture and flavor. Anyway, I had other things, and I highly recommend coming in a group and just ordering one of each thing and having the foodie version of some sort of Valhalla feast.
OMG Guys. Seriously. Come eat here.
The food and service are so good.
We ordered a bunch of skewers to share. They come 1 skerer per order at 2-3 bucks each. We tried spicy chicken breast, okra, tomato, shisito peppers, chick meat ball and scallop. The portions are small, especially for the meat, but they are so inexpensive you can grab a variety and share.
We also ordered salmon pastrami, porkchop and tongue. Each bite was to die for – flavorful, tender, meaty goodness.
They have sets where you get soup and some skewers for about 15 bucks, which would be great if you are dining alone.
Three carafes of sake later we were pretty drunk and I gushed to the waiter (David I think?) and owner (Phil) and the chef (ok at the point I got his name I was toasted) about how much I loved them and how awesome Moku Moku.
I am dying to come back and try the uni ramen.
Very simple, original and delicious. The concept is fun also. You can share small plates and therefor have the option to try more things!
Omg the corn dog!!! Omg omg omg I want like 10 of them but I love corn dogs. The moly salad is also deeeeeelicious!! I ordered the yuzu chicken wings which come over fried rice and it tasted good BUT it's suuuuuuuuper spicy! And no where on the menu does it say it's spicy, good thing I love spicy! slightly OD on the yuzu but overall tasted good. The ramen was meh. Service was AMAZING! Everyone's super nice and the owner is apparently always there and talks to everyone, always a plus. Dreaming of that corn dog, wish a took pictures but was so hungry I couldn't be bothered.
Happened to be in bushwick and had some time to kill before meeting friends and was hungry so I stopped in here on a Friday night, as soon as I got there I was greeted by Phillip who was the host that night, he got me a seat right away and was very friendly and even told me about how they get some of the meat, anyway I admittedly don't know too much about ramen but I ordered chicken miso ramen and a glass of sake, both were excellent, the ramen itself had slices of chicken meatball (amazing) a sliced egg and tons of scallion, it was brothy and not too liquidy if that makes any sense, it was perfect in my opinion, the service was great also, very friendly and even willing to explain some items to a rookie like me, if I happened to be in the area I would come back for sure, it is also cash only FYI
Came here with a couple of guys whose significant others were in a female-only book club. We had a session of our irregular, men-only "anti-book club," where we talk about anything except books.
It's not to hard at a place like Moku Moku, an izakaya with plenty of twists away from the standard menu. There are a variety tasting salts to go with skewers, with range from relatively ordinary pieces of meat to hirame and tsukune.
They are small bites, so don't ignore your waiters entries to order plenty of food. For once, they are not just attempts to drive up the bill. (Well, they partially are, but they are good pieces of advice.) I found our waitress here to be just right, offering thoughts on pairings and the menu without trying to make it seem like we've never had Japanese food before. It's harder than it sounds, as the nearby catastrophe that is Okiway shows.
The tako corndog soars where a similar concept at The Federal Bar to the west flops, adding in Japanese to flavors to a very American concoction. I don't remember seeing too much asparagus at izakaya in the past, this version out of the oven with breadcrumbs such be copied. And salmon pastrami – a weakness of mine, I admit – is so flavorful that I'll overlook the presence of the ever-odious edamame hummus.
I'm pretty sure Moku Moku shares some ownership with Samurai Mama, Samurai Papa and the Brooklyn Ball Factory. If that's the case, this group has the Japanese scene in North Brooklyn locked up. Congrats, guys.