Originally from Kobe, Japan, the owner, Makoto Yoshino, immigrated to the U.S. to attend college in Michigan and stayed for twelve years to work and attend graduate school in business, before returning to Tokyo in 2005. Since moving to Portland and becoming a U.S. citizen in 2008, he has been on a quest to find restaurants in the U.S. that replicate the comfort foods of his native Japan. Seeing a gap, he has decided to fill it. He looks forward to your feedback on this simple but culturally important dish.