Wednesday, November 14, 2018

oimachi

There is an area called Oimachi nearby, if you remember, this is where we had pizza at Pizza Man.

Satoshi passes through here on his daily commute, so he said to meet him after his German class at Oimachi for dinner, so he could show me the Christmas lights that were up.

Dinner was at a Gyutan (beef tongue) restaurant called Iroha.

The place is tiny and they make you sit really close to other tables.

So close, we had to "second hand chain smoke" with the women at the next table...*gag*

We had their grilled gyutan cut thick and we also had calf tongue.

I liked the calf tongue better because it was more tender.

We also had moyashi (bean sprouts) namul and cabbage topped with garlic and konbu.

Their inarizushi wasn't anything too special.

Their shiitake skewers with butter and garlic were good but their beef tongue skewers with raw egg was gross.

We were pretty sure they didn't use tongue for these skewers, the texture was mushy like liver...

Kinda hit or miss at this place, there are so many eateries in this area, so next time we'll try somewhere else.

Iroha
5-3-13 Higashi-Oi
Shinagawa, Tokyo
Phone: 03.6712.8366
Hours: 16:00-24:00

6 comments:

jalna said...

Can't win um all, I guess. But the lights were pretty!

K and S said...

true Jalna :)

Take care.
Kat

Rowena said...

second hand smoke...will there EVER be a chance that no-smoking in restaurants will be accepted there?

K and S said...

Rowena, crossing fingers with the upcoming Olympics that this city will be smoke free for real and not just going through the motions...I swear most Japanese do not know the meaning of "no".

Take care.
Kat

KirkK said...

It's nice you're doing so much exploring Kat.....though they need to cut out all that indoor cigarette smoking!

K and S said...

I agree they need to cut out all the indoor smoking too, Kirk!

Take care.
Kat