Apart from the freshest sushi you can ever find, Japan is also famous for its breaded, deep-fried dishes such as tonkatsu (i.e. pork cutlet) and tempura. I seldom take this kind of cuisine as I usually find them too heaty for my general well-being and those that are not cooked well often turns out too oily for my liking. Nevertheless, not trying out these dishes will be quite a pity as they are so popular in Japan! As such, we were more than happy when Masako's dad offered to bring us to a couple of well-known restaurants serving such food.
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| Counter Seat at Tenya restaurant, a well known Tempura Chain in Japan. The menu shows that tempura with noodles is available too! |
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| Special price on the 18 of every month? |
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| Sumptuous tempura bowl! |
As you can see from the pictures, the tempura serving is really generous, filling up the whole bowl! We were so sure that we would really enjoy this meal even before we started! Despite having been battered and deep-fried, the freshness of the food is apparent from the sweetness of the seafood (i.e. prawn, fish and scallop) and vegetable. Yummy!
A couple of group pictures we took at the restaurants:
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| Kai, Stanley, Bernard and I having a great time with Masako's Dad! |
Next up on the list is a restaurant, Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin (银座梅林), with a long history of serving high quality Tonkatsu!
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| Getting ready to tuck into the food once it arrives! |
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| And not forgetting some beer to go with the tonkatsu! |
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| Tonkatsu set meal with spaghetti, lettuce, rice, side dishes and miso soup |
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| Tonkatsu don set with oozing egg yolk on top of the meat! |
We were so full and downright satisfied after the meal! The taste of the succulent tonkatsu is impeccable and way much better than what we have ever tried in Singapore! The price is quite hefty though, amounting to about $30 per person. Thanks so much to Ojisan (Masako's Dad) for treating us to this fantastic meal! We really appreciate your kindness and hospitality once again!
How about some dessert now?
The next place I am going to introduce is the Eggs'n Things Restaurant serving western cuisine from Hawaii. This restaurant is recommended as one of the "must go" places in Tokyo if you like pancakes.
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| We were having a hard time deciding what to order as everything on the menu looks good! |
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| Hawaii style decor in the restaurant |
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| Waitresses in Hawaii print aprons! Cute! |
And here comes the pancakes:
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| Sweet pancakes with blueberries, maple syrup and a tower of fresh cream! Oishii! |
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| Salty pancake with hazelnut sauce. Really unique and tasty too! |
Apart from their famous pancakes which had us waiting in the queue for almost an hour, the restaurant also serves pretty decent main courses:
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| Mash potatoes with bacon bits |
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| Grilled Steak |
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| Seafood fried rice |
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| Grilled chicken chop |
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| Nacho chips with avocado dip |
In general, the food is not bad at all so really worth a try if you are in the mood for western food when touring Tokyo!
Information of the restaurants in this post:
Tenya
http://www.tenya.co.jp
Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin
http://www.ginzabairin.com/
(We just found out that it is available in Singapore as well!)
Eggs 'n Things
http://www.eggsnthingsjapan.com
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