My first visit was a dream come true.
I arrived at 10:55 and was on PP, so I sat on the only two folding chairs and waited. The shade here helped. The two of you came right after me, but the third person was lined up on the other side of the narrow alley, so it was Hinata. It must be tough in the middle of summer. There were 7 people waiting at the time of rotation, and 5 people were waiting outside when we left at 11:50.
When you sit in the chair, the menu is in front of you. In addition to our standard menu, we also have a ``curry of the day'' with lamb and domestic burdock curry. I have a hard time ordering because it's far away and I think it's difficult to repeat, but since it's a Japanese meal, I ordered the ``sardine fishball curry'' for the main dish and added a small side to the curry of the day. It's a small shop with only five counter seats facing the kitchen, but the interior is beautifully decorated with cut paper crafts and other items, creating a relaxing atmosphere with a Japanese flair.
The basic meals include rasam and sambar, two types of curry, and rice with papad. This papad is relatively thick and brown in color. Is it homemade? The salad is Japanese style and not with orange dressing. It comes with a little poriyal and achar. Even first-timers can rest assured that the instructions on how to eat are carefully and cutely drawn on the back of the menu on the table.
Both types of curry are topped with needle ginger. The fishballs are soft and blend with the curry with a spoon, and when you take a bite with a little ginger, the aroma of the sardine and spices is indescribably delicious. To me, lamb meat is different from the Japanese image, but when you eat it with the aroma and texture of burdock, it's perfect. Both are delicious and will leave you breathless. We ate it slowly with rasam and sambar in between. When it comes to Japanese-style curry, there are many restaurants that use dashi stock, but this was a delicious meal that didn't really taste like dashi stock or Japanese seasonings, but still convinced me that it was ``Japanese-made.''
The basic menu costs 1,150 yen, and even with today's small bowl of 350 yen, it comes to 1,500 yen, which is cheap considering the amount of time and effort put into the presentation. It was a satisfying lunch and I was glad I had come this far.
Toei Subway Oedo Line
Toei Subway Shinjuku Line
