Stomachs Eleven: Homemade yakitori skewers and Ichiran ramen

A kookaburra stole my tsukune! It's one thing to admire the local wildlife, perched in the tree behind us as we tend the charcoal barbecue. It's another matter altogether when it swoops down on us - so fast that I can feel a rush of air on my cheek - as it zeroes in on a tsukune chicken meatball skewer and then carries it off next door to haughtily eat its spoils.

I unashamedly screamed like a