WerdehausenAdventures: Nicoli Kitchen

Monday, November 27, 2017

Nicoli Kitchen

Our first night in Iwakuni, we left our hotel in search of Wifey's favorite Pizza from a prior visit. We walked the 190 meters to find it closed. Apparently Monday's aren't a hopping night here in Iwakuni, and Fukuoka takes the day off.

We still wanted food and looked at a few open restaurants on our walk back home, eventually deciding to eat at another Italian option that we walked by. Our first impression was as follows:

We turned left and saw the following staircase and proceeded ahead, entering Nicoli Kitchen. The name is somewhat unfortunate for those of us (Wifey, cough cough) who came of age on Time Lahay's Left Behind Books. Wifey can't hear Nicoli without out thinking of the anti-Christ.

After going upstairs, we entered the following restaurant which reminded Wifey very strongly of a speak-easy. Light lounge music played while videos of Tom and Jerry were projected on each wall. The seating was all leather couches. We stayed and assumed we were the only customers at the time. We later saw another couple exit a private dining room part way through our meal. Regardless, it was maybe 9:00 pm and we just wanted food and to get back to our hotel.

For a sit-down, nice dining option, the presence of combo meals is always entertaining. We ended up each ordering an entree and adding on the dessert combo with a cheesecake to share.

Wifey had Margaritta Pizza. It was as expected and enjoyed by all. Hubby had Rosotto with mushrooms and some sort of meat. It was 'fine' but would not be a repeat order.

Our shared cheesecake dessert was ... tiny. We were surprised at the vanilla ice cream, berry sherbet, and granola up top when came with the tiny cheesecake though. All were tasty ... just odd.

And to finish up the meal ... after clearing our dessert dishes, we were served a small bowl containing maybe a dozen M&M's. We'll probably not repeat this dining experience, however it served its purpose to full our stomachs before bed!