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A Kearny Mesa yakitori spot Roger rated among his worst local experiences: undercooked skewers, foul-smelling kushikatsu batter and a bout of food poisoning that hit his whole group.
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Yakitori Hino
A Kearny Mesa yakitori spot Roger rated among his worst local experiences: undercooked skewers, foul-smelling kushikatsu batter and a bout of food poisoning that hit his whole group.
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Posted 2018-02-23
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“Skewers are undercooked and all of us got the runs and ended up having the squirts back to back in their unhygienic toilet.”
Roger said he was baffled by the shop's good reviews, calling the skewers undercooked and the kushikatsu batter foul-smelling. He said his entire group got sick from the meal and were left without toilet paper in what he called an unhygienic restroom.
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