Musha, Santa Monica

It's nice to know that even in Santa Monica, there's a place where you can get this much delicious food plus a pitcher of beer for $23 a head after tax and tip.

Homemade pure tofu, served with bonito flakes, salt, mustard, scallions, and ponzu.

Marinated squid strips with cucumber and ground daikon.

Raw mackerel, seared with a butane torch tableside. I love fire!

Tuna croquettes with aioli.

Tofu "french fries" with aioli and sweet sauce.

Chicken yakitori.

Braised pork with potatoes.

Fried rice.

Charcoal grilled steak.

Risotto mixed up with Parmesan in a big cheese wheel, served tableside.

Chocolate "souffle" which was really a molten cake, and vanilla ice cream.

Green tea ice cream parfait, the better of the two desserts. They really need to rename their desserts. This really wasn't a parfait either. But phew! That was a lot of food.