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明神下　神田川本店 (Myoujinshita Kandagawa)

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0807310074I like eating unagi in winter months cos it is much fattier, but seeing lots of pictures of unagi on the day of douyo no ushi(土用の丑) makes me crave for it too. The old building of this unagi restaurant is so gorgeous that it alone is worth a visit. Booking is absolutely necessary and although there were only two of us, we got the private room all to ourselves. Unajuu(unagi on rice in a bento box) is not cheap - a bit more than 4000yen(there is service charge) and soup is not included. But the quality is really high and I love the sauce which is not sweet like the usual kind. Location is convenient - easily accessible from Akihabara or Ochanomizu.

明神下　神田川本店 (Myoujinshita Kandagawa)
Add: 2-5-11 Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-3251-5031

清水 (Shimizu) CLOSED

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on July 27, 08
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Bagel shop 5 minutes walk from Akihabara train station. Only opened from 11:00 to 14:00 on weekdays and the 1st and the 3rd Saturdays of the month. Haven’t had a chance to try their bagel sandwiches but the bagels are delicious enough to eat on their own. It is a branch of Garden Berries in Chiba which I have visited before.

清水 (Shimizu)
Add: 1-8-14, Izumicho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku

ゆきのパン屋 (Yuki no Panya)

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0807080018Cute little bakery in Kanda run by two sisters. It is only opened from Tue to Friday and the bread gets sold out very soon after the shop opens at 11:30am. Apparently you can phone to reserve and pick it up before the shop closes at 6pm though I have never tried that before. Sometimes even during open hours, the door is shut and there is nobody there but you can just ring the door bell, speak to the intercom and tell them you want to buy bread and they will open the door for you. The bread is baked using natural yeast. Most of them have nuts, dried fruits and cheese.

ゆきのパン屋 (Yuki no Panya)
Add: 2-2, Tacho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-3252-8824

神田ルー・ド・メール (Loup-de-mer)

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on July 15, 08
in 08:神田・神保町・秋葉原 and Good Cheap Eats
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The chef of this curry/yoshoku restaurant used to work in Brasserie domPierre in Kyobashi which I used to visit often for its delicious European-style curry and omurice. This branch in Kanda is much more casual and cheaper in price.
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ドライカレー・オムレツのせ＋スープ、￥１０００。
Dry curry with omelette. Soup comes with lunch set.
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北海道産黒毛和牛カレー、￥１１００。特選ビーフカレー、￥１６００。
Hokkaido black-haired wagyu curry on the left. Special beef curry on the right. The “special” version is 500yen more expensive but the quality of the beef is much better.
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メンチカツ・カレー、￥１５００。
Not your usual Menchikatsu but more like fried hamburger with melted cheese in the middle. Very good!!
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チキンカレー＋サラダ、￥１０００。
Beef tendon terrine salad that comes with lunch set. Chicken curry.
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ハンバーグ・カレー、￥１５００。ハヤシ・ライス、￥１６００。
Hamburger curry. Patty is solid, made of mainly meat.
Hayashi rice. The beef in it is very soft.
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ポークカレーセット、￥１０００。
Pork curry.
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チキン・オムライス、￥２０００。オム・ハヤシ、￥２５００。
Chicken omurice.
Omu-Hayashi. Fried rice with chicken and tomato sauce underneath the omelette. The sauce is the same as Hayashi rice.
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ビーフ・オムライス、￥３０００。
Beef Omurice. This dish costs a whopping 3000yen so I was seriously hesitating whether to try it or not…but I am glad I did. It is very good! The rice is fried with soy sauce with generous chunks of juicy beef in it. Chicken omurice and Omu-Hayashi both cost 2000yen and more and although they are nice, they are nothing too special. To splurge on one dish, definitely go for the Beef Omurice.

I have only been to this place for lunch and I notice that the quality on weekdays is better than on weekends…the main chef is only present at lunch time during weekdays but not on weekends(though a younger chef is always there). I am sure that is not the case for dinner. Also, as can be told from the pictures that they give you a lot of sauce but not that much rice. I ordered “extra rice” once for 200yen but I usually just leave the extra sauce.

Menu(J): 1, 2, 3.

神田ルー・ド・メール (Loup-de-mer)
Add: 2-14-3, Uchi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-5298-4390

The Seven’s House (セブンスハウス)

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on June 29, 08
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An Irish pub inside Gakushi Kaikan(学士会館) which serves yoshoku at lunch time.
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牛フィレ丼、￥１４００。しらす明太子丼、￥１２００。
Beef fillet rice bowl. Very good! The braised beef is lean and non-greasy yet very soft. The sauce(probably the juice from the beef?) is tasty to eat with the rice. Comes with pickles, and very nice clam miso soup and coffee.
Boiled shirasu and mentaiko rice bowl. Eaten with ponzu and raw egg. Simple but good.
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カキフライ、￥１２００。カレーライス、￥１０００。
Fried oyster - seasonal menu.
Curry rice - the old fashioned Japanese kind which is thick, sweet(from melted vegetables) and not a bit spicy.
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ハンバーグランチ、￥１２００。的鯛のムニエル、￥１２００。
Hamburger is just okay. Meuniere of Matoudai. The fish is a bit dry and salty, and soaked in too much butter.
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ハヤシライス、￥１０００。
Both are Hayashi rice. For some reason the weekday version(left) has more ingredients than the holiday version(right)…
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0804300160海老フライと昔コロッケ、￥１２００。パスタランチ、￥１１００。
Fried prawn and potato croquette lunch is very good! Quite huge portion too. Pasta lunch is just ordinary tomato sauce with clams.

Very busy with salarymen and OLs during lunch hours. Drink is included in the price. The service is good and I like the comfortable window seats a lot, except for the one time I sat next to a chain-smoker…
Lunch menu(J) here.

The Seven’s House
Add: 3-28 Nishiki-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-3292-0881

Restaurant Latin (レストラン ラタン)

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on June 29, 08
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A French restaurant inside Gakushi Kaikan(学士会館).
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サーモンマリネサラダ。仔羊の煮込み。
First lunch visit. Appetizer: Salmon marinade salad. Main: Simmered lamb.
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With dessert and coffee, 1500yen.
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0806030046サーモン腹身の燻製サラダ　バルサミコ風味。仔羊の香草パン粉焼き。
Second lunch visit. Appetizer: Smoked salmon salad with Balsamic sauce. The salmon belly is hot and very fatty. Main: Grilled Baby lamb chop(very tender) with herb and breadcrumbs. Unfortunately both dishes are a bit too salty.

By coincidence the lunch menu was salmon and lamb for both times(one whole year apart) I visited this old-fashioned style French restaurant. Customers were mostly old ladies and old gentlemen. Service is formal and extremely attentive.
Lunch menu(J) here.

Restaurant Latin
Add: 3-28 Nishiki-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-3292-0881

神田達磨 (Kanda Daruma)

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on June 23, 08
in 06:Japanese Sweets and 08:神田・神保町・秋葉原
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Left pic is goma(sesame seed) taiyaki. Right pic is regular taiyaki. Very interesting shape! Though I am not so fond of eating such a big crust(I prefer a thin crispy crust with lots of red bean paste inside).
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0808060056Mitarashi Dango and softcream with sweet red bean at the bottom. Both are just okay.

神田達磨(Kanda Daruma)
Add: 2-1 Ogawamachi, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-6803-1704