Archive for April 20th, 2008

鴻(オオドリー)神田駿河台店 (Oodori)

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豚しゃぶスープカレー、¥1150。ボイルキャベツ、¥100。
Pork shabu soup curry, with an additional topping of boiled cabbage.
Very nice! The pork is soft and the vegetables are flesh and in huge chunks.
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チキンスープカレー、¥1000。ボイルキャベツ、¥100。
ビーフスープカレー、¥1300。
Chicken soup curry, boiled cabbage topping again.
Beef soup curry. The beef is delicious.
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国産牛100%手造りハンバーグ、¥1050。ボイルキャベツ、¥100。
Japanese beef hamburger(very rich beef taste) soup curry. Boiled cabbage comes separately this time.
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野菜スープカレー、¥800。鶏モモから揚げ、¥200。
Vegetable soup curry. Fried chicken thigh.
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ロースカツ、¥1300。ソフトクリームセット、¥250。
Pork cutlet soup curry. The pork is not that juicy but it is nicely deep-fried and good enough when eaten with the curry. Soft-cream is pretty normal.

You can choose four levels of spiciness. Level 1 is a little hot and Level 2 is already quite hot for me. Two kinds of soup you can choose: tonkotsu(pork bone) and tebasaki(chicken wings). I like the richer-tasting pork one better. The rice is refillable.

The original restaurant is also in Jimbocho area, which does soup curry at lunch time, and is an izakaya at dinner time. This branch I go is specialised in soup curry only and opens everyday of the week. Very clean inside and no need to share tables. Location is right next to this curry shop which is more popular though.

Soup curry is originated from Hokkaido and is more about the chunky ingredients than the curry itself. The meat and vegetables here are indeed nice, the curry is not bad too. However as evident from the photos, from my first visit to my last, the amount of vegetables seem to have shrunk….still not a bad lunch place.

Menu(J): 1, 2.

鴻(オオドリー) 神田駿河台店 (Oodori)
Add: 3-10-18 Ookawamachi, Kanda
Tel: 03-5280-8228

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さば焼き定食、¥750。
Grilled Saba(mackerel) lunch set. Very good!
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さんま焼き定食と白菜煮物、¥830。
しゃけ焼き定食と京菜煮物、¥830。
Grilled sanma lunch set. Simmered hakusai.
Grilled salmon set. Simmered Kyouna.
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マグロの照り焼きと肉豆腐、¥900。
さばの煮付け定食と肉じゃが、¥850。
Maguro teriyaki lunch set. Nikutofu - meat and tofu.
Saba no nitsuke - Simmered mackerel. Nikujaga - meat and potato.

A small and shabby eatery with only a few counter seats serving cheap set meals. The old gent grills the fish, and the madam prepares the rice and soup and side dishes. Very generously portioned and the rice is refillable. The basic set lunch includes fish, rice, pickles and miso soup. There are many inexpensive side dishes that you can order with the set. Amongst all the options for fish, grilled saba is the best. The customers’ female-to-male ratio at lunch is probably something like 20:1.
Apparently, this shop, this shop and this shop, which are all at the same location, are opened by three brothers…kinda sweet.
Add: 2-24 Jimbocho, Kanda