The specials or Today's menu, written on the blackboard, is displayed at a traditional Japanese "Izakaya" pub called Saiki in Tokyo April 7, 2008. Izakaya food hints into a global trend towards fine dining in a casual, late-night setting. More varied than standard gastro pub fare, cheaper than sushi at a restaurant, the small dishes served in Tokyo's pubs take punters on a little tour of Japanese cuisine. Picture taken April 7, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN) 

Kunihiko Saiki (C), the owner of traditional Japanese "Izakaya" pub talks with a customer in Tokyo April 7, 2008. Izakaya food hints into a global trend towards fine dining in a casual, late-night setting. More varied than standard gastro pub fare, cheaper than sushi at a restaurant, the small dishes served in Tokyo's pubs take punters on a little tour of Japanese cuisine. Picture taken April 7, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN) 

People eat along a wooden counter at a traditional Japanese "Izakaya" pub named Saiki, in Tokyo April 7, 2008. Izakaya food hints into a global trend towards fine dining in a casual, late-night setting. More varied than standard gastro pub fare, cheaper than sushi at a restaurant, the small dishes served in Tokyo's pubs take punters on a little tour of Japanese cuisine. Picture taken April 7, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN) 

People share dishes at a traditional Japanese "Izakaya" pub named Saiki in Tokyo April 7, 2008. Izakaya food fits into a global trend towards fine dining in a casual, late-night setting. More varied than standard gastro pub fare, cheaper than sushi at a restaurant, the small dishes served in Tokyo's pubs take punters on a little tour of Japanese cuisine. (Clockwise from C) Dishes are: chicken liver sashimi, fried eggplant, black porgy sashimi, boiled calamari, prawn croquettes. Picture taken April 7, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN)